Masculine
crabe
Meaning
- crab
- (informal) cancer
Concepts
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kʁab/
Etymology
In summary
From a Norman dialect (compare Jèrriais crabe), partly from Old Norse krabbi and partly from Middle Dutch crabbe, both from Proto-Germanic *krabbô. Cognate with Old English crabba (“crab; crayfish”). More at crab.
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