scarabée

See also: scarabee

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French scarabée, borrowed from Latin scarabaeus, from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos). Compare the inherited doublet escarbot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ska.ʁa.be/

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Noun

scarabée m (plural scarabées)

1. beetle

Further reading

• “scarabée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• scarabee

Etymology

First attested 1526, borrowed from Latin scarabaeus.

Noun

scarabée m (plural scarabées)

1. beetle

Synonyms

• fouille-merde

Related terms

• escarbot

Descendants

• → English: scarab
• French: scarabée

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (scarabée, supplement)