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/
audio (file) - (Louisiana) IPA(key): /hɔ̃mar/
Noun
homard m (plural homards)
- 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 […]
- 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:
Descendants
See also
References
- Observations de Monsieur Menage sur la Langue Françoise[sic] (1672), page 178: houmar, espéce d'écrevisse de mer.
Further reading
- “homard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
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