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Lapine

Lapine proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun (1)

Lapine (plural Lapines)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2)

Lapine (uncountable)

  1. A constructed language created by author Richard Adams for his 1972 novel Watership Down, where it is spoken by rabbit characters.
    • I just constructed Lapine as I went - when the rabbits needed a word for something so did I.2014 December, Richard Adams, “Richard Adams Reddit AMA”, in Interviewly, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2017

Forms of Lapine

pluralLapines

Origin of Lapine

From French lapin (“rabbit”). Coined by English novelist Richard Adams in 1972.

Questions about Lapine

What does Lapine mean?
Lapine means a surname.
What part of speech is Lapine?
Lapine is a proper noun.

Words near Lapine in the dictionary

  1. lapillo
  2. lapillopsid
  3. lapillopsids
  4. lapillus
  5. lapin
  6. Lapine
  7. Lapines
  8. Lapinig
  9. lapinise
  10. lapinised
  11. lapinization

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