langouste
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French langouste. Doublet of locust.
Noun
langouste (plural langoustes)
- The spiny lobster
French
Etymology
From Old French langouste, languste, borrowed from Old Occitan langosta, from Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta, of uncertain origin. Cf. also the Old French laöste, laüste, laouste, which was inherited from the Latin, as well as locuste, which was a learned borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɑ̃.ɡust/
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Noun
langouste f (plural langoustes)
- spiny lobster
Related terms
- langoustine
Descendants
- → Czech: langusta
- → Danish: languster
- → English: langouste
- → Finnish: langusti
- → Dutch: langoest
- → German: Languste
- → Polish: langusta
- → Russian: лангу́ст (langúst)
- → Spanish: langosta
Further reading
- “langouste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- soulagent
Old French
Alternative forms
- languste
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan langosta, from Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta, of uncertain origin. Cf. also the doublet laöste, laüste, laouste, which was inherited from the Latin, as well as locuste, which was a learned borrowing.
Noun
langouste f (oblique plural langoustes, nominative singular langouste, nominative plural langoustes)
- grasshopper
Descendants
- French: langouste (see there for further descendants)