cancrelat
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch kakkerlak, under the influence of cancre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑ̃.kʁə.la/
Audio: (file)
Noun
cancrelat m (plural cancrelats)
- cockroach
- Synonyms: blatte; cafard; (Quebec) coquerelle f
Synonyms
- (Antilles, Louisiana) ravet m
Further reading
- “cancrelat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.