crawfish

(Anglès)

Noun

1. (Louisiana, Southern-US, Texas, US, Western, countable, especially, uncountable) Any of various freshwater crustaceans: crayfish.
2. (South-Africa, countable, uncountable) Any of various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.
3. (Canada, Quebec, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable) An English-Canadian. Used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).

Verb

1. (intransitive) To fish for crawfish.
2. (Southern-US, colloquial, intransitive) To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈkɹɒˌfɪʃ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: crevis

Cognat amb francès antic: crevice

Cognat amb francès: écrevisse

In summary

1620s, folk etymology from Middle English crevis, from Old French crevice (French écrevisse), influenced by fish. Compare crayfish.

Conceptes

cranc de riu

retirar-se

cranc de mar

Sinònims

crayfish

crawdad

crawfish out

ecrevisse

back out

crawdaddy

sea crawfish

back away

langouste

withdraw

spiny lobster

pull back

retreat

prawn

rock lobster

crayfish

crab

🦀

pull in one’s horns

retire

get out

shellfish

shrimp

🦐

fall back

draw back

backpedal

crustacean

craw daddy

resile

Cancer

♋

spiny lobsters

Astacus

back

🔙

rock lobsters

Old World crayfish

back up

back off

back down

lobster

🦞

Traduccions

écrevisse

καραβίδα

rak

Krebs

cangrejo

🦀

langosta

🦞

rivierkreeft

langouste

جراد البحر

Languste

lagosta

Astacus

lagostim

Bachkrebs

cancer

🦀