lapin

[lap-in, la-pan]

noun

plural

lapins 

1. a rabbit.

2. rabbit fur, especially when trimmed and dyed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lapin¹

1900–05; < French, Middle French, perhaps, by suffix alteration, from laperean rabbit < Ibero-Romance; cony

Example Sentences

Whipped rabbit dropped off with apricots poached in cardamom syrup makes a pleasing start, but rillettes de lapin are easily sourced in Washington.

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Anticipate glossy reductions, ethereal pike quenelles in a foamy moat of lobster sauce and tout le lapin, er, “all of the rabbit.”

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New Yorkers raving over slowly braised lapin, complaining about the too small holes in their bread and cheeses!

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The tarte de lapin pairs rabbit with a Parmesan and prosciutto crust; it’s what a favorite family meatloaf might taste like if Grandma were a trapper.

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In France it is the rabbit's nest, "nid le lapin," that people sometimes discover.

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Related Words

• bunny 
• coney 
• cony 
• hare 
• lagomorph