homard

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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

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 […]
      in crayfish and lobsters, the teeth are located only inside the stomach cavity

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Hawaiian: ʻōmā
  • → Hungarian: homár
  • → Polish: homar
  • → Romanian: homar
  • → Russian: ома́р (omár) (see there for further descendants)

See also

References

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

Further reading

Middle English

Adverb

homard

  1. Alternative form of homward
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