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# lapin

noun (lapin, uncountable); French word (le lapin)

«lapin» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (French) «Lapin» is the French word for rabbit; it sounds like «la-PAN» with a nasal end to an English ear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapin/#m1)
2. In English, lapin is rabbit fur used for clothes, often dyed to look like more expensive fur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapin/#m2)
3. In cooking, lapin can appear on menus meaning rabbit meat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapin/#m3)

### In the lessons

In French lessons it is an animal word («J'ai un lapin»: I have a rabbit). In English it is rare and mostly about fur or old-style menus. It is not an ordinary English word for the animal; say «rabbit».

### Examples

- (French) «Le lapin» means «the rabbit». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapin/#x1)
- (French) «J'ai un lapin blanc» means «I have a white rabbit». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapin/#x2)
- In French class we learned «lapin», «chat» and «chien». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapin/#x3)
- Grandma's old coat has a lapin collar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapin/#x4)
- The French restaurant served lapin with mustard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapin/#x5)
- (French) «Le lapin mange une carotte»: the rabbit eats a carrot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapin/#x6)
- A lapin is not a different animal; it is just rabbit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapin/#x7)
- Lapin fur is often dyed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapin/#x8)

### Note

In French it is a masculine noun: le lapin, plural les lapins (the s is silent). In English it is uncountable when it means fur. Say «rabbit» for the animal in English.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lapin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lapin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lapin.html) on Mova free.