different between dublin vs langouste

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French langouste. Doublet of locust.

Noun

langouste (plural langoustes)

1. 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): /l??.?ust/

Noun

langouste f (plural langoustes)

1. spiny lobster

Related terms

• langoustine

Descendants

• ? Czech: langusta
• ? Danish: languster
• ? English: langouste
• ? Finnish: langusti
• ? Dutch: langoest
• ? German: Languste
• ? Polish: langusta
• ? Russian: ???????? (langúst)
• ? Spanish: langosta

Further reading

• “langouste” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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)

1. grasshopper

Descendants

• French: langouste
  • ? Czech: langusta
  • ? Danish: languster
  • ? English: langouste
  • ? Finnish: langusti
  • ? Dutch: langoest
  • ? German: Languste
  • ? Polish: langusta
  • ? Russian: ???????? (langúst)
  • ? Spanish: langosta