crapaud
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French crapaud (“toad”).
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Noun edit
crapaud (plural crapauds)
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French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French crapaud, from Old French crapaut, crapot (“frog, toad”), from Frankish *krappō, *krappa (“hook, claw”) (because of a toad's hooked feet) + -aud. Compare Catalan gripau, Occitan grapaut. Displaced Old French froiz (“toad”), from Old Norse frauðr (“frog”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
crapaud m (plural crapauds)
Coordinate terms edit
- grenouille (“frog”)
Derived terms edit
- crapaud buffle
- crapaud commun
- crapaudine
- la bave du crapaud n’atteint pas la blanche colombe
- maison de crapaud
Descendants edit
- English: crapaud
Further reading edit
- “crapaud”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “crapaud” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Of Germanic origins.
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Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun edit
crapaud m (plural crapauds)
Synonyms edit
- (Jerseyman): Jèrriais
Derived terms edit
- crapaud d'mé (“mermaid's purse”)
- crapaûder (“to grope one's way”)
- jaune pain à crapauds (“biting stonecrop”)
- pain à crapauds (“English stonecrop”)
- p'tit crapaud (“tadpole”)