croque-monsieur
French
noun
Definitions
- (food) croque-monsieur
Etymology
Compound from French croquer (crunch, mouth) + French monsieur (mister, gentleman).
Origin
French
monsieur
Gloss
mister, gentleman
Kanji
士, 紳
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- monsieur English
- croque galois French
- croque-madame French
- croquembouche French
- croquer French
- croquet French
- croquette French
- mon French
- monsieur French
- месье Russian
- мсьё Russian
- sire Old French
- moussieu Norman
- mon Middle French
- mesye Haitian, Haitian Creole
- msye Haitian, Haitian Creole
- monsù Piedmontese