scarabée

See also: scarabee

French edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ska.ʁa.be/
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Noun edit

scarabée m (plural scarabées)

beetle

Further reading edit

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

Middle French edit

Alternative forms edit

scarabee

Etymology edit

First attested 1526,^[1] borrowed from Latin scarabaeus.

Noun edit

scarabée m (plural scarabées)

beetle

Synonyms edit

fouille-merde

Related terms edit

escarbot

Descendants edit

→ English: scarab
French: scarabée

References edit

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

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

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