clapier

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French clapier (“brothel”), from Old Occitan clapier (“rabbit hutch”), from clap (“heap of stones”), from Medieval Latin claperius, possibly of Pre-Roman or Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klappo, *klapf-, considered to either be from a Pre-Indo-European substrate or instead derived from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (“to cleave, split”). Compare Occitan clapàs, Catalan claper. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kla.pje/ === Noun === clapier m (plural clapiers) rabbit hutch an overcrowded, unhealthy dwelling, dump scree Synonym: pierrier === References === === Further reading === “clapier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 “clap”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.