escarabat

Meaning

1. (masculine) beetle
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, masculine) ellipsis of escarabat de cuina (“cockroach”)
3. (masculine) bench hook

Concepts

cockroach

🪳

beetle

🪲

bug

🐛

scratch

scrawl

scribble

coleopteron

cacography

scarab

Synonyms

panerola

🪳

coleòpter

escarabat de cuina

gargot

cuca panera

guixada

Translations

barata

🪳

Schabe

escarabajo

🪲

cucaracha

🪳

scarafaggio

🪳

scarabeo

cafard

kakkerlak

🪳

blatte

🪳

σκαθάρι

scarabée

🪲

blatta

🪳

besouro

🪲

blatta

Pronounced as (IPA)

[əs.kə.ɾəˈβat]

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *scarafaius, from Latin scarabaeus. The final -t may represent back-formation from a plural form *escaravaigs pronounced with a final -ts. Doublet of escarabeu, a learned borrowing.