lapin

lapin

See also: lapîn and Lapin

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from French lapin (rabbit).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    lapin (plural lapins)

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

    Anagrams

    Breton

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /lapɪn/

    Noun

    lapin ?

    1. rabbit

    Synonyms

    French

    Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

      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

        Etymology

        (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “lapereau?”)

        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[1], 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

        • IPA(key): /laˈpiŋ/

        Noun

        lapin m

        1. rabbit