acarien
French
acarien
Alternative forms
- acarin (archaic)
Etymology
From acare + -ien, from New Latin acarus. Compare English acarus, Spanish and Portuguese ácaro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ka.ʁjɛ̃/
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Noun
acarien m (plural acariens)
- (zoology) mite (an arachnid)
Further reading
acarien on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr- “acarien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.