crawfish

Senso (Inglese)

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).

Concetti

aragosta di scoglio

cancro

♋

gambero

ritirarsi

arretrare

gàmbero

aragoste di roccia

aragosta

aragoste mediterranee

sinonimi

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

🦞

Traduzioni

écrevisse

καραβίδα

Krebs

cangrejo

🦀

langosta

🦞

lagosta

جراد البحر

Astacus

rivierkreeft

langouste

lagostim

Languste

Flusskrebs

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkɹɒˌfɪʃ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: crevis

Affine francese antico: crevice

Affine francese: écrevisse

In summary

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