scarabée

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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/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

scarabée m (plural scarabées)

  1. beetle

Further reading[edit]

Middle French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

scarabée m (plural scarabées)

  1. beetle

Synonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • English: scarab
  • French: scarabée

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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 IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (scarabée, supplement)