lobster

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English loppestere, lopster, from Old English loppestre, lopustre, lopystre, of uncertain origin. Some believe it to be a corruption of Latin lō̆custa (“grasshopper, locust”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre. In Latin, the phrase lō̆custa marīna (literally "sea-grasshopper") signified a type of crustacean (shrimp or lobster). Alternatively, from Old English lobbe, loppe (“spider”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre, equivalent to lop +‎ -ster. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɒb.stə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɑb.stɚ/ Rhymes: -ɒbstə(ɹ) === Noun === lobster (countable and uncountable, plural lobsters) A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood. Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters: A spiny lobster, also called the rock lobster, a crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood. A slipper lobster (a crustacean of the family Scyllaridae). A squat lobster. (slang, historical) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform). (slang) An Australian twenty-dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour. ==== Synonyms ==== (crustacean): sea locust (British soldier): lobsterback, redcoat ==== Hyponyms ==== (crustacean in Palinuridae): cray, langouste, spiny lobster, rock lobster ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → French: lobster → Hebrew: לוֹבְּסְטֶר → Hindi: लॉब्स्टर (lŏbsṭar) → Japanese: ロブスター → Russian: ло́бстер (lóbster) → South Levantine Arabic: لوبستر (lōbster) → Thai: ล็อบสเตอร์ (lɔ́ps-dtə̂ə) → Ukrainian: ло́бстер (lóbster) → Urdu: لابسٹر (lābsṭar) → Yiddish: לאָבסטער (lobster) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === lobster (third-person singular simple present lobsters, present participle lobstering, simple past and past participle lobstered) To fish for lobsters. ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === lobster (comparative more lobster, superlative most lobster) Red-colored, especially from a sunburn. Synonym: red as a lobster === See also === crawfish crayfish mudbug prawn shrimp yabby 🦞 === Anagrams === trobles, Bolster, Strobel, Bolters, Stroble, Bortles, rebolts, bolters, orblets, reblots, bolster == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English lobster. === Pronunciation === (Louisiana) IPA(key): [lɔbstær], [lɔbstə], [lɑbstəɹ] === Noun === lobster m (plural lobsters) (Louisiana) lobster (a crustacean of the Nephropidae, or Homaridae, family) Synonym: homard m (Louisiana) a very large shrimp; a prawn === Further reading === Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN) == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English lobster. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈlobstər/ [ˈlobs.t̪ər] Rhymes: -obstər Syllabification: lobs‧ter === Noun === lobster (plural lobster-lobster) (cooking, zoology) lobster Synonyms: bekara, udang barong, udang karang === Further reading === “lobster”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 Tantri Miharti; Kurniawati; Dewi Eka Arini Algozi (2019), Kamus Tata Boga [Culinary Arts Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan Bahasa dan Perbukuan, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, page 56