garnaal
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Unclear. Possibly from Middle Dutch grane (“gag”) referring to its feelers looking like the hair of a beard, or from the name Geernaert.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
garnaal m (plural garnalen, diminutive garnaaltje n)
- shrimp, arthropod of the suborder Pleocyemata, especially of the infraorder Caridea
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: garnachi, garnaaltje (from the diminutive)
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
garnaal c (plural garnalen, diminutive garnaaltsje)
Further reading edit
- “garnaal”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011