carapace
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carapace
- /ˈkæ.ɹəˌpeɪs/
- /ˈkɛɹ.əˌpeɪs/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French carapace (“tortoise shell”), from Spanish carapacho, of unknown origin, but likely from an extinct Ibero-Mediterranean substrate language.
Compare Catalan carabassa, Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle”), Latin scarabaeus (the source of scarab); also Spanish galápago (“kind of turtle”). Doublet of calipash.
noun carapaces · carapax
- A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal. They were heading towards a waiting black car, polished as a beetle's carapace.
- That which protects. So, little by little, youth loosens the hard carapace of confining custom their elders have built over the human heart.
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noun hard protective covering
| Español | carapacho, caparazón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 갑각 gapgak |
| 日本語 | 甲羅 kōra |
| 中文 | 甲殼 /甲壳 jiǎké, jiǎqiào |
| Português | carapaça |
| Français | carapace |
| Deutsch | Carapax, Rückenschild, Rückenpanzer, Schale |
| Italiano | carapace, esoscheletro |
| Ελληνικά | κέλυφος kélyfos, καύκαλο káfkalo |
| Română | carapace |
| Русский | карапа́кс karapáks, щито́к ščitók, щит ščit, па́нцирь páncirʹ |
Talk about this word "carapace." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/carapace. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. carapace. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/carapace "carapace." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/carapace.Cite this
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