homard
See also: Homard
French edit
Etymology edit
From an earlier form houmar,[1] from Middle Low German hummer, from Old Norse humarr (“lobster”). The form homard was probably influenced by Dutch hommer.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
homard m (plural homards)
- lobster
- 1758, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, traduite du Biblia Naturae de Jean Swammerdam, Collection Académique, composée des mémoires, actes ou journaux […] , volume 5 of the series (2 of the subseries), Article III, page 447:
- […] dans les écrevisses & dans les homards, les dents ne sont placées que dans la cavité même de l’estomac […]
- […] in crayfish and lobsters, the teeth are located only inside the stomach cavity […]
- 1758, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, traduite du Biblia Naturae de Jean Swammerdam, Collection Académique, composée des mémoires, actes ou journaux […] , volume 5 of the series (2 of the subseries), Article III, page 447:
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Hawaiian: ʻōmā
- → Hungarian: homár
- → Polish: homar
- → Romanian: homar
- → Russian: ома́р (omár) (see there for further descendants)
See also edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- “homard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Adverb edit
homard
- Alternative form of homward