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homard

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French

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Etymology

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From an earlier form houmar,[1] from Middle Low German hummer, from Old Norse humarr (lobster). The form homard was probably influenced by Dutch hommer.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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homard m (plural homards)

  1. lobster
    • 1758, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, traduite du Biblia Naturae de Jean Swammerdam, Collection Académique, composée des mémoires, actes ou journaux [] , volume 5 of the series (2 of the subseries), Article III, page 447:
      [] dans les écrevisses & dans les homards, les dents ne sont placées que dans la cavité même de l’estomac []
      [] in crayfish and lobsters, the teeth are located only inside the stomach cavity []

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Hawaiian: ʻōmā
  • Hungarian: homár
  • Polish: homar
  • Romanian: homar
  • Russian: ома́р (omár) (see there for further descendants)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Observations de Monsieur Menage sur la Langue Françoise[sic] (1672), page 178: houmar, espéce d'écrevisse de mer.

Further reading

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Middle English

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Adverb

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homard

  1. Alternative form of homward