langouste
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French langouste. Doublet of locust.
Noun edit
langouste (plural langoustes)
- The spiny lobster
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French langouste, languste, borrowed from Old Occitan langosta, from Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta, of uncertain origin. Cf. also the Old French laöste, laüste, laouste, which was inherited from the Latin, as well as locuste, which was a learned borrowing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
langouste f (plural langoustes)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Czech: langusta
- → Danish: languster
- → English: langouste
- → Finnish: langusti
- → Dutch: langoest
- → German: Languste
- → Polish: langusta
- → Russian: лангу́ст (langúst)
- → Spanish: langosta
Further reading edit
- “langouste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Occitan langosta, from Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta, of uncertain origin. Cf. also the doublet laöste, laüste, laouste, which was inherited from the Latin, as well as locuste, which was a learned borrowing.
Noun edit
langouste oblique singular, f (oblique plural langoustes, nominative singular langouste, nominative plural langoustes)
Descendants edit
- French: langouste (see there for further descendants)