lapin

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See also: lapîn and Lapin

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French lapin (“rabbit”).

Noun

lapin (plural lapins)

  1. Rabbit fur.
  2. A castrated male rabbit.

Anagrams

Breton

Pronunciation

Noun

lapin ?

  1. rabbit

Synonyms

French

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Etymology

From Middle French lapin, alteration of lapereau, with change of suffix after connin, a word it replaced.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.pɛ̃/
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  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /la.pẽ/
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Noun

lapin m (plural lapins, feminine lapine)

  1. rabbit
    Synonym: (dated, literary) connil

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: lapen
  • Mauritian Creole: lapen
  • Seychellois Creole: lapen
  • → Breton: lapin
  • → English: lapin
  • → Italian: lapin
  • → Norman: lapin
  • → Piedmontese: lapin

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lapin (“rabbit”).

Noun

lapin m (invariable)

  1. rabbit skin or fur

See also

Anagrams

Middle French

Noun

lapin m (plural lapins)

  1. rabbit

Descendants

  • French: lapin (see there for further descendants)

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French lapin.

Noun

lapin m (plural lapins)

  1. (Guernsey) rabbit
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 516:
      Où 'est qu'il y a du crottin, il y a du lapìn.
      Where you see their droppings, you may expect to find rabbits.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Noun

lapin m

  1. rabbit
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