scarabée
See also: scarabee
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French scarabée, borrowed from Latin scarabaeus, from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos). Compare the inherited doublet escarbot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ska.ʁa.be/
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Noun
scarabée m (plural scarabées)
Further reading
- “scarabée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
First attested 1526,[1] borrowed from Latin scarabaeus.
Noun
scarabée m (plural scarabées)
Synonyms
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Descendants
References
- ^ Etymology and history of “scarabée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
- Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “scarabée”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.