homard

See also: Homard

French

Etymology

From an earlier form houmar[1], from Middle Low German hummer, from Old Norse humarr (lobster). The form homard was probably influenced by Dutch hommer.

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɔ.maʁ/
  • (file)
  • (Louisiana) IPA(key): /hɔ̃mar/

Noun

homard m (plural homards)

  1. lobster
    • 1758, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, traduite du Biblia Naturae de Jean Swammerdam, Collection Académique, composée des mémoires, actes ou journaux [] , volume 5 of the series (2 of the subseries), Article III, page 447:
      [] dans les écrevisses & dans les homards, les dents ne sont placées que dans la cavité même de l'estomac []

See also

References

  1. Observations de Monsieur Menage sur la Langue Françoise[sic] (1672), page 178: houmar, espéce d'écrevisse de mer.

Further reading


Middle English

Adverb

homard

  1. Alternative form of homward
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