lapin

See also: lapîn and Lapin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French lapin (“rabbit”).

Noun

lapin (plural lapins)

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

Anagrams

• Pinal, plain, palin-, Plain, Palin, plani-, Aplin, Lipan, in lap

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lapɪn/

Noun

lapin ?

1. rabbit

Synonyms

• konikl
• koulin

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.pɛ̃/

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• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /la.pẽ/

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Noun

lapin m (plural lapins, feminine lapine)

1. rabbit

   Synonym: (dated, literary) connil

Derived terms

• baiser comme un lapin
• chaud lapin
• coup du lapin
• lapin commun
• lapin de garenne
• lapin de gouttière
• lapin de Pâques
• poser un lapin
• saut de lapin

 

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• alpin
• plain

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lapin (“rabbit”).

Noun

lapin m (invariable)

1. rabbit skin or fur

See also

• coniglio

Anagrams

• palin-, plani, plani-

Middle French

Noun

lapin m (plural lapins)

1. rabbit

Descendants

• French: lapin (see there for further descendants)

Norman

Alternative forms

• lapîn (Jersey)

Etymology

Borrowed from French lapin.

Noun

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈpiŋ/

Noun

lapin m

1. rabbit