larve
English edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
larve (plural larves)
References edit
- “larve”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Danish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
larve c (singular definite larven, plural indefinite larver)
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- “larve” in Den Danske Ordbog
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin larva, from Old Latin larua (“demon, spirit of the dead”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
larve f (plural larven, diminutive larfje n or larvetje n)
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French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin larva.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
larve f (plural larves)
- grub, larva (immature insect)
- (informal, derogatory) wimp, drip (weak, lazy and/or ineffectual person)
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Descendants edit
- → Romanian: larvă
Further reading edit
- “larve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
larve f
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Middle Low German edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
larve f
References edit
- "larve" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
larve f or m (definite singular larva or larven, indefinite plural larver, definite plural larvene)
- a larva
References edit
- “larve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
larve m or f (definite singular larven or larva, indefinite plural larvar or larver, definite plural larvane or larvene)
- a larva
References edit
- “larve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
larve f
- inflection of larvă: