garnaal

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unclear. Possibly from Middle Dutch grane (“gag”) referring to its feelers looking like the hair of a beard, or from the name Geernaert.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɣɑrˈnaːl/
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  • Hyphenation: gar‧naal
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Noun[edit]

garnaal m (plural garnalen, diminutive garnaaltje n)

  1. shrimp, arthropod of the suborder Pleocyemata, especially of the infraorder Caridea

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → German: Garnele
  • → Papiamentu: garnachi, garnaaltje (from the diminutive)
  • → West Frisian: garnaal

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch garnaal.

Noun[edit]

garnaal c (plural garnalen, diminutive garnaaltsje)

  1. shrimp
    Synonym: garnaat

Further reading[edit]

  • “garnaal”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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