larve

See also: Larve and larvé

English

Etymology

From French larve

Noun

larve (plural larves)

  1. Dated form of larva.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for larve in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin larva, from Old Latin larua (“demon, spirit of the dead”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑr.və/
  • larve(file)

Noun

larve f (plural larven, diminutive larfje n or larvetje n)

  1. grub, larva (juvenile stage of metabolous insects)

Hyponyms

Coordinate terms

  • larvaal

See also

References

  1. ↑ de Vries / de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Utrecht 1986 (14de druk), →ISBN; article larve

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laʁv/
  • larve(file)

Noun

larve f (plural larves)

  1. grub, larva (immature insect)

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

larve f

  1. plural of larva

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin larva

Noun

larve f, m (definite singular larva or larven, indefinite plural larver, definite plural larvene)

  1. a larva

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin larva

Noun

larve m, f (definite singular larven or larva, indefinite plural larvar or larver, definite plural larvane or larvene)

  1. a larva

References

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