cauquemare

Old French

Etymology

From cauche (from chuacier (“to press”), from Latin calco (“I trample”)) + mar, a borrowing from Frankish *marā (“evil spirit”).

Noun

cauquemare oblique singular, f (oblique plural cauquemares, nominative singular cauquemare, nominative plural cauquemares)

  1. nightmare
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