excavateur

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French

Etymology

Calque of English excavator.

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Noun

excavateur m (plural excavateurs)

  1. excavator (vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc; a backhoe)
    Synonym: excavatrice

Descendants

  • Romanian: excavator
  • Turkish: ekskavatör

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