écrevisse

French

Etymology

From Old French crevice, from Frankish *krebitja (“crayfish”), diminutive of Old Frankish *krebit (“crab”), from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz (“crab, cancer”), from Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-, *gerebʰ- (“to scratch, crawl”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.kʁə.vis/
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Noun

écrevisse f (plural écrevisses)

crayfish, crawfish

Synonyms

(dated) cancre

Further reading

“écrevisse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

éviscères

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