rabbit
English
/ˈɹæbɪt/, /ˈɹæbət/
noun
Definitions
- A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
- (uncountable) The meat from this animal.
- (uncountable) The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
- A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.
- (cricket) A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
- (comptheory) A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position. Compare turtle (turtle).
- Rarebit; Welsh Welsh rabbit or a similar dish: melted cheese served atop toast.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rabet derived from Middle French *robotte derived from Latin rabettus derived from Old French rabotte derived from West Flemish robbe derived from Middle Dutch robbe (rabbit, seal).
Origin
Middle Dutch
robbe
Gloss
rabbit, seal
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
兎
Emoji
🐰
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Rabbitland English
- antirabbit English
- brush English
- fish English
- fucker English
- head English
- lion English
- lionhead rabbit English
- nonrabbit English
- pox English
- rabbit-o English
- rabbit-proof English
- rabbitbrush English
- rabbitdom English
- rabbiter English
- rabbitfish English
- rabbitfucker English
- rabbithood English
- rabbitiness English
- rabbitish English
- rabbitkind English
- rabbitless English
- rabbitlike English
- rabbitpox English
- rabbitry English
- rabbitskin English
- rabbity English
- rabot English
- roof English
- roof rabbit English
- skin English
- unrabbitlike English
- volcano English
- volcano rabbit English
- wererabbit English
- rabettus Latin
- Bandrobbe German
- Hundsrobbe German
- Mähnenrobbe German
- Ohrenrobbe German
- Robbe German
- Robbenjagd German
- Robbenjäger German
- blaasrob Dutch, Flemish
- kegelrob Dutch, Flemish
- klapmutsrob Dutch, Flemish
- manenrob Dutch, Flemish
- oorrob Dutch, Flemish
- pelsrob Dutch, Flemish
- rob Dutch, Flemish
- stinkrob Dutch, Flemish
- zadelrob Dutch, Flemish
- rabot French
- rabet Middle English
- rabot Old French
- rabotte Old French
- re- Old French
- ribot Catalan, Valencian
- rabítur Icelandic
- robbe Middle Dutch
- rob Afrikaans
- rabaid Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- rabot Norman
- *robotte Middle French
- bönhase Middle Low German
- rapit Marshallese
- robbe Low German
- rāpeti Maori
- bitro Malagasy
- robbe West Flemish
- rapita Pitjantjatjara
- pox
- lion
- head
- skin
- fish
- roof
- brush
- rabot
- fucker
- rabbity
- volcano
- rabbit-o
- rabbitry
- rabbiter
- rabbitdom
- nonrabbit
- rabbitish
- rabbitpox
- rabbitfish
- rabbitlike
- rabbitskin
- rabbitkind
- rabbitless
- rabbithood
- Rabbitland
- wererabbit
- antirabbit
- roof rabbit
- rabbitiness
- rabbitbrush
- rabbit-proof
- rabbitfucker
- unrabbitlike
- volcano rabbit
- lionhead rabbit