escarabat
Catalan
Alternative forms
- escaravat
- escarbat (dialectal)
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *scarafaius, from Latin scarabaeus. The final -t may represent back-formation from a plural form *escaravaigs pronounced with a final -ts. Doublet of escarabeu, a learned borrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
escarabat m (plural escarabats)
- beetle
- Ellipsis of escarabat de cuina (“cockroach”).
- (carpentry) bench hook
Derived terms
- escarabat daurat
- escarabat de cuina
- escarabat de nit
- escarabat de rossinyol
- escarabat pelut
- escarabat piloter
- escarabat pudent
- escarabat rinoceront
Further reading
- “escarabat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “escarabat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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