Pronunciation
- AHD : (UK, US) răb'it, (Australia) răb'ət
- IPA : (UK, US) /ˈræbɪt/, (Australia) /ˈræbət/
- SAMPA : (UK, US) /"r{bIt/, (Australia) /"r{b@t/
Noun
rabbit (plural rabbits )
- A mammal with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
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- Albanian: lepuri i gropave
- Basque: untxi
- Belarusian: трусяня /трусяне , трус
- Bosnian: kunić
- Breton: konikl
- Bulgarian: заек (zaek )
- Catalan: conill
- Chinese: 兔 (tù)
- Croatian: kunič
- Czech: králík
- Danish: kanin
- Dutch: konijn n
- Esperanto: kuniklo
- Estonian: küülik
- Faroese: kanin
- Finnish: kaniini , kani
- French: lapin m
- Frisian: knyn
- Friulian: cunin
- Gallegan: coello
- German: Kaninchen n
- Greek: αγριοκούνελο
- Hungarian: nyúl
- Icelandic: kanína
- Interlingua: conilio
- Irish: cóinín
- Italian: coniglio m
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- Japanese: 兎 (ウサギ , usagi)
- Judeo-Spanish: konejo
- Ladin: conicio
- Latin: cuniculus m
- Latvian: trusis
- Lithuanian: triušis
- Lower Sorbian: karnikel
- Macedonian: питом заjак (pitom zajak )
- Maltese: fenek
- Norwegian: kanin
- Occitan: conilh , lapin
- Polish: królik
- Portuguese: coelho m
- Romanian: iepure de vizuină
- Romansh: cunigl
- Romany: shoshoy(m.) shoshni f
- Russian: кролик (krolik) "m"
- Russian: крольчиха "f"
- Sami: kaniidna
- Sardinian: cunillu , cacciappu
- Scottish: coineanach
- Serbian: кунић (kunić )
- Slovak: králik
- Slovenian: kunec m
- Spanish: conejo m
- Swedish: kanin c
- Turkish: tavşan
- Tzotzil: t'ul
- Ukrainian: кріль (kril'), кролик (krolik)
- Upper Sorbian: nukl
- Volapük: krolig
- Welsh: cwningen
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Intransitive verb
to rabbit (rabbitting, rabbitted, rabbitted)
- (British): To talk, especially annoyingly or to excess.
Etymology
From Cockney rhyming slang rabbit and pork, to talk.
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