Crapaud

//ˈkɹæpəʊ// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A toad. obsolete
  2. 2
    large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog wordnet
  3. 3
    A French person. derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
Proper Noun
  1. 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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