lapin
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French lapin (“rabbit”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lapin (plural lapins)
Anagrams
Breton
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lapɪn/
Noun
lapin ?
Synonyms
- konikl
- koulin
French
Etymology
From Middle French lapin, alteration of lapereau, with change of suffix after connin, a word it replaced.
Pronunciation
Noun
lapin m (plural lapins, feminine lapine)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “lapin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French lapin (“rabbit”).
Noun
lapin m (invariable)
See also
Anagrams
Middle French
Noun
lapin m (plural lapins)
Descendants
- French: lapin (see there for further descendants)
Norman
Alternative forms
- lapîn (Jersey)
Etymology
Noun
lapin m (plural lapins)
- (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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈpiŋ/
Noun
lapin m