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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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
French: scarabée

References

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 IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (scarabée, supplement)

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