lapin

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See also: lapîn and Lapin

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French lapin (rabbit).

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Noun

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lapin (plural lapins)

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

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Breton

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lapin ?

  1. rabbit

Synonyms

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French

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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lapin m (plural lapins, feminine lapine)

  1. rabbit
    Synonym: (dated, literary) connil

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Haitian Creole: lapen
  • Mauritian Creole: lapen
  • Seychellois Creole: lapen
  • Breton: lapin
  • English: lapin
  • Italian: lapin
  • Norman: lapin
  • Piedmontese: lapin

Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French lapin (rabbit).

Noun

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lapin m (invariable)

  1. rabbit skin or fur

See also

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Anagrams

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Middle French

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Noun

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lapin m (plural lapins)

  1. rabbit

Descendants

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  • French: lapin (see there for further descendants)

Norman

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French lapin.

Noun

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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

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lapin m

  1. rabbit