clapier

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French clapier (“brothel”), from Old Occitan clapier (“rabbit hutch”), from clap (“heap of stones”), from Medieval Latin claperius, possibly of Pre-Roman or Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klappo, *klapf-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kla.pje/
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Noun

clapier m (plural clapiers)

rabbit hutch
an overcrowded, unhealthy dwelling, dump
scree

Further reading

“clapier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
“clap”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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