requin

Meaning

1. (masculine) shark
2. (derogatory, masculine) a person profiting from others by treachery

Concepts

shark

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sharks

flipper

🐬

porbeagle

Carcharodon

genus Carcharodon

dogfish

tiger fish

fin

Synonyms

squale

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nageoire

requins

carcharodon

Translations

Hai

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tiburón

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tubarão

🦈

haai

🦈

tauró

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pescecane

squalo

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Haifisch

köpek balığı

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καρχαρίας

köpekbalığı

squalus

قرش

làmia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁə.kɛ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: reschin

In summary

1529; Uncertain. Several origins have been proposed :
* From requiem. Spellings such as requien (1578) or requiem (17th century) are influenced by this etymology. Probably a folk etymology.
* re- + Picard or Norman quien (“dog”) (cognate of chien). Compare chien de mer (literally “sea dog”), a word used to refer to several species of sharks.
* Deverbal of Old Northern French requignier (“to grimace while baring teeth”) (Old French reschignier, hence rechigner), from Frankish *kīnan (“to split open”).