cancrelat

French

Etymology

From Dutch kakkerlak, under the influence of cancre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.kʁə.la/

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Noun

cancrelat m (plural cancrelats)

1. cockroach

Synonyms

• blatte
• cafard
• (Quebec) coquerelle f
• (Antilles, Louisiana) ravet m

Further reading

• “cancrelat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.