prawn
A crustacean of the suborder DendrobranchiataA crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata.
» Do you want to eat prawns?
Möchtest du Garnelen essen?
Хочешь поесть креветок?
Бажаєш поїсти креветок?
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata.
(Commonwealth, countable, uncountable)A crustacean, sometimes confused with shrimp.
Garnele
креве́ткаkrevétka
креве́ткаkrevétka
shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible
(Australia, colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable)Synonym of butterface: A woman with an attractive body but an unattractive face.
She's a prawn!
(Australia, countable, slang, uncountable)A fool, an idiot.
Examples
9 sentencesDo you want to eat prawns?
Бажаєш поїсти креветок?
ruХочешь поесть креветок?
deMöchtest du Garnelen essen?
Crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp and prawns are crustaceans.
deKrebse, Hummer, Langusten, Krabben und Garnelen sind Krebstiere.
Crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp and prawns are all crustaceans.
deKrebse, Hummer, Langusten, Krabben und Garnelen sind Krebstiere.
Prawns don't agree with me.
ruОт креветок у меня несварение.
deGarnelen bekommen mir nicht.
Kitchen-ready prawns have already been deveined.
deKüchenfertige Garnelen sind bereits entdärmt.
Translations
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Origin
First attested early 1400s as various Middle English forms prayne, prane, praune, and prawFirst attested early 1400s as various Middle English forms prayne, prane, praune, and prawne, which present no clear cognates in languages other than English. The forms suggest a hypothetical Old English form *prægn, where *æg would have evolved into Middle English *ay, but it is unclear if the word is of Germanic origin, from another European language, or loaned from a substrate. In the Isle of Wight, a word prankle ("prawn") is recorded and thought to be related. Century, following Skeat, suggested transposition of an unrecorded Old French *parne, *perne related to Spanish perna (“a flat shellfish”), Old Italian perna and diminutive pernochie, parnocchie, glossed as "shrimps or prawne, fishes" by John Florio, but the OED considers Florio's entry incorrect and the suggested connection semantically and phonologically implausible.
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Forms
plural: prawn / prawnsSynonyms
2 synonyms- any of various edible decapod crustaceans:shrimp
Word family
19 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable