écrevisse

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French crevice, from Frankish *krebtija (crayfish), diminutive of Frankish *krebit (crab), from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz (crab, cancer), from Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-, *gerebʰ- (to scratch, crawl). Non-etymological initial /e/ appears to be the result of rebracketing in the Old French plural les crevisses.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.kʁə.vis/
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  • Rhymes: -is

Noun

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écrevisse f (plural écrevisses)

  1. crayfish, crawfish
    Synonym: (dated) cancre

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