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Requin
Re′quin
(r?′kw?n)
, Noun.
[F., fr.
reqiem
a Mass sung for the dead. See Requiem
.] (Zool.)
The man-eater, or white shark (
Carcharodon carcharias
); – so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung. Definition 2024
requin
requin
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.ˈkɛ̃/
Etymology
1529; Normand reflex of Old French reschin (12th c.), deverbal of reschignier ‘to grimace while bearing teeth’, rekigner ‘to make an ugly face’.[1][2]
Noun
requin m (plural requins)
Derived terms
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References
- ↑ Albert Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (Douarnenez: Le Chasse-Marée, 2003).
- ↑ Alain Rey, ed., Dictionnaire historique de la langue française, 4th edn. (Paris: Le Robert, 2010), 8203-4.