Masculine
clapier
Meaning
- (masculine) rabbit hutch
- (masculine) an overcrowded, unhealthy dwelling, dump
- (masculine) scree
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kla.pje/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French clapier (“brothel”), from Old Occitan clapier (“rabbit hutch”), from clap (“heap of stones”), from Medieval Latin claperius, possibly of Pre-Roman or Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klappo, *klapf-. Compare Occitan clapàs, Catalan claper.
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