crustacé

French

Etymology

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin crustaceus (as used by naturalists), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin crusta, "crust".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁys.ta.se/

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• Homophone: crustacés

Adjective

crustacé (feminine crustacée, masculine plural crustacés, feminine plural crustacées)

1. crustaceous

Noun

crustacé m (plural crustacés)

1. crustacean

Further reading

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