"carapace" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkæ.ɹəˌpeɪs/, /ˈkɛɹ.əˌpeɪs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-carapace.wav Forms: carapaces [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French carapace (“tortoise shell”), from Spanish carapacho, of unknown origin, but likely from an extinct Ibero-Mediterranean substrate language. Compare Catalan carabassa, Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle”), Latin scarabaeus (the source of scarab); also Spanish galápago (“kind of turtle”). Doublet of calipash. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|qsb-ibe}}, {{bor|en|fr|carapace|t=tortoise shell}} French carapace (“tortoise shell”), {{der|en|es|carapacho}} Spanish carapacho, {{unk|en|nocap=1}} unknown, {{der|en|qfa-sub}} substrate, {{cog|ca|carabassa}} Catalan carabassa, {{cog|grc|κάραβος||beetle}} Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle”), {{cog|la|scarabaeus}} Latin scarabaeus, {{cog|es|galápago|t=kind of turtle}} Spanish galápago (“kind of turtle”), {{doublet|en|calipash}} Doublet of calipash Head templates: {{en-noun}} carapace (plural carapaces)
  1. A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal. Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Translations (hard protective covering): rugdop (Afrikaans), rugskild (Afrikaans), черупка (čerupka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), closca [feminine] (Catalan), clotxa [feminine] (Catalan), 甲殼 /甲壳 (jiǎké, jiǎqiào) (Chinese Mandarin), štít [masculine] (Czech), carapax (Dutch), schild [neuter] (Dutch), karapaco (Esperanto), kilpi (Finnish), selkäkilpi (Finnish), panssari [colloquial] (Finnish), carapace [feminine] (French), Carapax [masculine] (German), Rückenschild (note: of turtles and tortoises) [masculine] (German), Rückenpanzer (note: of turtles and tortoises) [masculine] (German), Schale (note: of crustaceans) [feminine] (German), κέλυφος (kélyfos) [neuter] (Greek), καύκαλο (káfkalo) [neuter] (Greek), bakskjöldur [masculine] (Icelandic), casóg (note: of crustaceans) [feminine] (Irish), carapace [masculine] (Italian), esoscheletro [masculine] (Italian), 甲羅 (kōra) (alt: こうら) (Japanese), talukab (note: of crabs and alike) (Kapampangan), 갑각 (gapgak) (Korean), karapas (Malay), کاراڤس (Malay), karapaks [masculine] (Polish), carapaça [feminine] (Portuguese), mayt'una (Quechua), carapace (Romanian), карапа́кс (karapáks) [masculine] (Russian), щито́к (ščitók) [masculine] (Russian), щит (ščit) [masculine] (Russian), па́нцирь (páncirʹ) [masculine] (Russian), carapacho [masculine] (Spanish), caparazón [masculine] (Spanish), กระดอง (grà-dɔɔng) (Thai), argragen [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. in figurative use
    Sense id: en-carapace-en-noun-QPWHBQff
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: carapacelike, pseudocarapace Related terms: carapaced, carapaceous, carapacial, exoskeleton (english: often holonymous)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "páncirʹ",
          "sense": "hard protective covering",
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          "word": "па́нцирь"
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          "roman": "grà-dɔɔng",
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          "word": "กระดอง"
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    "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kapampangan translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Quechua translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "word": "rugdop"
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "word": "rugskild"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čerupka",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "черупка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "closca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clotxa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎké, jiǎqiào",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "word": "甲殼 /甲壳"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "štít"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "word": "carapax"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "schild"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "word": "karapaco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "word": "kilpi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "word": "selkäkilpi"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
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      "word": "panssari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carapace"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Carapax"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "of turtles and tortoises",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rückenschild"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "of turtles and tortoises",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rückenpanzer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "of crustaceans",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schale"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kélyfos",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κέλυφος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "káfkalo",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "καύκαλο"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bakskjöldur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "note": "of crustaceans",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "casóg"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carapace"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esoscheletro"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうら",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōra",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "word": "甲羅"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "note": "of crabs and alike",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "word": "talukab"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gapgak",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "word": "갑각"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "word": "karapas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "word": "کاراڤس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "karapaks"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carapaça"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "word": "mayt'una"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "word": "carapace"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "karapáks",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "карапа́кс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ščitók",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "щито́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ščit",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "щит"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "páncirʹ",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па́нцирь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carapacho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caparazón"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "grà-dɔɔng",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "word": "กระดอง"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "hard protective covering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "argragen"
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    "en:carapace"
  ],
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}

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