Crapaud
//ˈkɹæpəʊ// name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A toad. obsolete
- 2 large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog wordnet
- 3 A French person. derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
Proper Noun
- 1 A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French crapaud (“toad”). Doublet of crappo.
Etymology 2
Derived from the French toponym Rivière aux Crapauds, the name of which derives in turn from the term crapaud de mer (“eel, anguilliform”).
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