carapace

== English == === Alternative forms === carapax (nonstandard) === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkæ.ɹəˌpeɪs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɛɹ.əˌpeɪs/ === Noun === carapace (plural carapaces) A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal. (figurative) That which protects. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== exoskeleton (often holonymous) === References === == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish carapacho (“carapace, shell”), of uncertain origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.ʁa.pas/ === Noun === carapace f (plural carapaces) shell ==== Descendants ==== → English: carapace → English: calipash → Italian: carapace → Portuguese: carapaça → Romanian: carapace === References === == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French carapace (“tortoise shell”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.raˈpa.t͡ʃe/ Rhymes: -atʃe Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧pà‧ce === Noun === carapace m (plural carapaci) carapace == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French carapace. === Noun === carapace f (plural carapace) shell (of a turtle) ==== Declension ====