scarabée

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See also: scarabee

French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ska.ʁa.be/
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Noun

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scarabée m (plural scarabées)

  1. beetle

Further reading

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Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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scarabée m (plural scarabées)

  1. beetle

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • English: scarab
  • French: scarabée

References

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  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)