cobaye

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobaia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.baj/

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Noun

cobaye m (plural cobayes)

1. guinea pig

   Synonym: cochon d'Inde

Descendants

• → Romanian: cobai
• → Ottoman Turkish: قوبای (kobay)
  • Turkish: kobay

Noun

cobaye m or f by sense (plural cobayes)

1. (figuratively) guinea pig (a living experimental subject)

Further reading

• “cobaye”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• “cobaye”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse
• “cobaye” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.