escarabat

Catalan

Alternative forms

• escaravat
• escarbat (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *scarafaius, from Latin scarabaeus. The final -t may represent back-formation from a plural form *escaravaigs pronounced with a final -ts. Doublet of escarabeu, a learned borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əs.kə.ɾəˈβat]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əs.kə.ɾəˈbat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.ka.ɾaˈbat]

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• Rhymes: -at

Noun

escarabat m (plural escarabats)

1. beetle
2. Ellipsis of escarabat de cuina (“cockroach”).
3. (carpentry) bench hook

Derived terms

• escarabat daurat
• escarabat de cuina
• escarabat de nit
• escarabat de rossinyol
• escarabat pelut
• escarabat piloter
• escarabat pudent
• escarabat rinoceront

 

Further reading

• “escarabat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “escarabat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Etymology

Compare Catalan escarabat.

Pronunciation

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Noun

escarabat m (plural escarabats)

1. beetle