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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French scarabée, borrowed from Latin scarabaeus, from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos). Compare the inherited doublet escarbot.
Pronunciation
Noun
scarabée m (plural scarabées)
- beetle
Further reading
Middle French
Etymology
First attested 1526,[1] borrowed from Latin scarabaeus.
Noun
scarabée m (plural scarabées)
- beetle
Synonyms
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (scarabée, supplement)