acarien

French

acarien

Alternative forms

acarin (archaic)

Etymology

From acare +‎ -ien, from New Latin acarus. Compare English acarus, Spanish and Portuguese ácaro.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ka.ʁjɛ̃/
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Noun

acarien m (plural acariens)

(zoology) mite (an arachnid)

Further reading

acarien on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
“acarien” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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