Rabbit

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Related terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 See also 1.3 Etymology 1.3.1 Intransitive verb

English

Pronunciation

• AHD: (UK, US) răb'it, (Australia) răb'ət
• IPA: (UK, US) /ˈræbɪt/, (Australia) /ˈræbət/
• SAMPA: (UK, US) /"r{bIt/, (Australia) /"r{b@t/

Etymology

From Northern French

Noun

rabbit (plural: rabbits)

1. Any of several small mammals, of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
2. (cricket) a very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper
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Someone new to something.

Synonyms

• bunny (hypocoristic)

Related terms

jackrabbit rabbity

kill the rabbit

Translations

mammal

Albanian: lepuri i gropave Basque: untxi Belarusian: трусяня/трусяне, трус Bosnian: kunić Breton: konikl Bulgarian: заек (zaek) (bg) Catalan: conill Chinese: å ” (tù, baitu, bai2tu4) Croatian: kunič Czech: králík Danish: kanin c Dutch: konijn n Esperanto: kuniklo Estonian: küülik Faroese: kanin Finnish: kaniini, kani French: lapin m Frisian: knyn Friulian: cunin Gallegan: coello German: Kaninchen n Greek: αγριοκούνελο Hindi: खरगोश m Hungarian: nyúl Icelandic: kanína Interlingua: conilio Irish: cóinín Italian: coniglio m Japanese: å Ž (ウサギ, usagi) Judeo-Spanish: konejo Korean: 토끼, to-ggi

Ladin: conicio Latin: cuniculus m Latvian: trusis Lithuanian: triuÅ¡is Lower Sorbian: karnikel Macedonian: питом заjак (pitom zajak) Maltese: fenek Norwegian: kanin m Occitan: conilh, lapin Polish: królik Portuguese: coelho m Romanian: iepure, iepure de vizuină Romansh: cunigl Romany: shoshoy(m.) shoshni f Russian: кролик (krolik) "m", ÐºÑ€Ð¾Ð»ÑŒÑ‡Ð¸Ñ Ð° "f" Sami: kaniidna Sardinian: cunillu, cacciappu Scottish: coineanach Serbian: кунић (kunić) Slovak: králik Slovenian: kunec m Somali: bakayle Spanish: conejo m Swedish: kanin c Telugu: కుందేలు (kumdealu) Turkish: tavşan Tzotzil: t'ul Tz'utujil: umul Ukrainian: кріль (kril'), кролик (krolik) Upper Sorbian: nukl Volapük: krolig Welsh: cwningen

See also

buck cottontail doe hare

kitten warren Wikipedia article on the rabbit

Etymology

From Cockney rhyming slang rabbit and pork, to talk.

Intransitive verb

to rabbit (third-person singular simple present rabbitts, present participle rabbitting, simple past rabbitted, past participle rabbitted)

1. (British): To talk, especially annoyingly or to excess.

   He just keeps rabbitting on.ar:rabbit

bg:rabbit el:rabbit es:rabbit fr:rabbit io:rabbit it:rabbit hu:rabbit nl:rabbit ru:rabbit fi:rabbit ta:rabbit zh:rabbit