different between vraicqueur vs vraic
vraicqueur
English
Etymology
From Norman vraicqueur, from vraic + -eur.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /v?e??k??/
Noun
vraicqueur (plural vraicqueurs)
- (Channel Islands) A vraic-harvester.
- Synonym: vraicker
Translations
vraicqueur From the web:
vraic
English
Etymology
From Auregnais Norman vraic (“seaweed”), from Germanic. Doublet of wrack.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?e?k/
Noun
vraic (uncountable)
- (Channel Islands) Seaweed gathered for use as a fertilizer or fuel.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 45:
- There was some sort of big pans, I didn't know what they was for; but Jim said once upon a time they was used to boil vraic to make iodine.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 45:
Related terms
- vraicqueur
- vraicker
Translations
Anagrams
- -cavir, Virac, vicar
Norman
Alternative forms
- vrai (Jersey)
Etymology
From a Germanic source; compare English wrack, Dutch wrak, German Wrack.
Noun
vraic m (uncountable)
- (Guernsey) seaweed, vraic
vraic From the web:
- what does craic mean
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- good craic meaning
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