écrevisse

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French crevice, from Frankish *krebitja (“crayfish”), diminutive of Frankish *krebit (“crab”), from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz (“crab, cancer”), from Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-, *gerebʰ- (“to scratch, crawl”). Non-etymological initial /e/ appears to be the result of rebracketing in the Old French plural les crevisses.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.kʁə.vis/
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  • Rhymes: -is

Noun

écrevisse f (plural écrevisses)

  1. crayfish, crawfish
    Synonym: (dated) cancre

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