scarabée

See also: scarabee

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ska.ʁa.be/
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Noun

scarabée m (plural scarabées)

beetle

Further reading

“scarabée” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Alternative forms

scarabee

Etymology

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

Noun

scarabée m (plural scarabées)

beetle

Synonyms

fouille-merde

Related terms

escarbot

Descendants

English: scarab (borrowed)
French: scarabée

References

“scarabée” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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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