lobster
Part of speech: noun
verb
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English loppestere, lopster, from Old English loppestre, lopustre, lopystre, of uncertain origin. Some believe it to be a corruption of Latin lō̆custa (“grasshopper, locust”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre. In Latin, the phrase lō̆custa marīna (literally "sea-grasshopper") signified a type of crustacean (shrimp or lobster).
Alternatively, from Old English lobbe, loppe (“spider”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre, equivalent to lop + -ster.
Base: lop
Affixes: -ster
Inflected forms:
form: lobsters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: lobsters
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: lobstering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: lobstered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: lobstered
pos: verb
tags: past
form: more lobster
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most lobster
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
slang
uncountable
examples: […] how the troops came marching out for evening exercise under Captain Preston; how pedestrians and street urchins taunted them, shouting "Lobsters," "Bloody-backs," and flinging snow-balls, turnips, […]
gloss: An Australian twenty-dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: To fish for lobsters.
pos: verb
gloss: Red-colored, especially from a sunburn.
pos: adj
Synonyms: sea locust
Derived words: American lobster
Andaman lobster
Arafura lobster
Bermuda lobster
bight lobster
blue lobster
California lobster
Cape lobster
Caribbean lobster
China lobster
clawed lobster
common lobster
European lobster
fan lobster
Formosa lobster
furry lobster
globster
Japanese lobster
land lobster
lazy lobster
lobsterback
lobsterboat
lobster box
lobster caterpillar
lobster clasp
lobster claw
lobsterer
lobsterette
lobsterish
lobsterlike
lobsterling
lobster louse Nicothoe astaci)
lobsterman
lobster moth
lobster mushroom
lobster Newberg
lobster palace
lobsterperson
lobster pot
lobster pound
lobster prominent
lobster roll
lobster sauce
lobsterscope
lobster scorpion
lobster shift
lobster sloop
lobster-tailed pot
lobster-tail pot
lobster thermidor
lobster trap
lobsterwoman
lobstery
Maine lobster
mitten lobster)
mole lobster
mud lobster
Neptune lobster
New Zealand lobster
northwest lobster
Norway lobster
poor man's lobster
raw lobster
reef lobster
rock lobster
scorpion lobster
sculpted lobster
Siboga lobster
slipper lobster
spiny lobster
squat lobster
the world is one's lobster
tree lobster
true lobster
unboiled lobster
velvet lobster
white lobster
yeti lobster
Translations:
lang: Abenaki
word: sôga
lang: Afrikaans
word: kreef
lang: Dupaningan Agta
word: lobugen
lang: Albanian
word: karavidhe
lang: Albanian
word: gaforre e madhe
lang: Arabic
word: كَرْكَنْد
roman: karkand
lang: Arabic
word: استاكوزا
roman: ʔistakōza
lang: Arabic
word: أم الربيان
roman: umm al-rubiyān
lang: Arabic
word: لوبستر
roman: lōbster
lang: Armenian
word: օմար
roman: ōmar
lang: Assamese
word: ডাঙৰ মিছামাছ
roman: daṅor misamas
lang: Asturian
word: llocántaru
lang: Asturian
word: bugre
lang: Azerbaijani
word: xərçəng
lang: Azerbaijani
word: omar
lang: Basque
word: otarraina
lang: Belarusian
word: ама́р
roman: amár
lang: Bengali
word: গলদা
roman: golda
lang: Bhojpuri
word: झींगा
roman: jhīṅgā
lang: Bonggi
word: kulakng
lang: Breton
word: legestr
lang: Bulgarian
word: ома́р
roman: omár
lang: Burmese
word: ပုဇွန်ထုတ်ကြီး
roman: pu.jwanhtutkri:
lang: Catalan
word: llagosta
lang: Catalan
word: llamàntol
lang: Catalan
word: escamarlà
lang: Cebuano
word: banagan
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 龍蝦 /龙虾
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 龍蝦 /龙虾
roman: lóngxiā
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 海螯蝦 /海螯虾
roman: hǎiáoxiā
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 龍蝦 /龙虾
lang: Cornish
word: legest
lang: Corsican
word: gàmbaru
lang: Czech
word: humr
lang: Danish
word: hummer
lang: Dhivehi
word: އިހި
roman: ihi
lang: Dutch
word: zeekreeft
lang: Dutch
word: kreeft
lang: Dutch
word: hommer
lang: Esperanto
word: omaro
lang: Estonian
word: homaar
lang: Faroese
word: hummari
lang: Finnish
word: hummeri
lang: French
word: homard
lang: French
word: langouste
lang: West-Frisian
word: kreeft
lang: Galician
word: lumbrigante
lang: Galician
word: lubrigante
lang: Galician
word: lagosta
lang: Georgian
word: ასთაკვი
roman: astaḳvi
lang: Georgian
word: კიბო
roman: ḳibo
lang: Georgian
word: ლობსტერი
roman: lobsṭeri
lang: German
word: Hummer
lang: Greek
word: αστακός
roman: astakós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀστακός
roman: astakós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κάμμαρος
roman: kámmaros
lang: Haitian Creole
word: oma
lang: Hawaiian
word: ula
lang: Hebrew
word: לוֹבְּסְטֶר
roman: lóbster
lang: Hiligaynon
word: karitot
lang: Hiligaynon
word: kiritot
lang: Hiligaynon
word: lukon
lang: Hindi
word: झींगा मछली
roman: jhīṅgā machlī
lang: Hungarian
word: homár
lang: Icelandic
word: humar
lang: Ido
word: homardo
lang: Indonesian
word: udang laut
lang: Indonesian
word: lobster
lang: Ingrian
word: krapu
lang: Interlingua
word: homaro
lang: Irish
word: gliomach
lang: Italian
word: astice
lang: Italian
word: aragosta
lang: Italian
word: gambero di mare
lang: Italian
word: lupicante
lang: Japanese
word: 伊勢海老
roman: ise ebi
lang: Japanese
word: イセエビ
roman: ise ebi
lang: Japanese
word: オーマル ロブスター
roman: ōmaru
lang: Kazakh
word: омар
roman: omar
lang: Khmer
word: បង្កងសមុទ្រ
roman: bɑɑbɑngkɑɑng saʼmot
lang: Khmer
word: បង្កងសៅទាវ
roman: bɑɑbɑngkɑɑng saw tiəw
lang: Korean
word: 가재
roman: gajae
lang: Korean
word: 바닷가재
roman: badatgajae
lang: Kyrgyz
word: омар
roman: omar
lang: Lao
word: ກຸ້ງໃຫຍ່
roman: kung h
lang: Lao
word: ໂກ່ມ
roman: kōm
lang: Latin
word: cammarus
lang: Latin
word: astacus
lang: Latvian
word: omārs
lang: Lithuanian
word: omaras
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Homard
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Hummer
lang: Macedonian
word: ја́стог
roman: jástog
lang: Malay
word: udang kara
lang: Malay
word: bekara (Labuan)
lang: Malayalam
word: കൊഞ്ച്
roman: koñcŭ
lang: Maltese
word: awwista
lang: Manx
word: gimmagh
lang: Maranao
word: odang
lang: Middle English
word: loppestere
lang: Mi'kmaq
word: jagej
lang: Mizo
word: kaikuang
lang: Navajo
word: tónteel chʼoshtsoh bíláshgaantsohí
lang: Norman
word: honmard
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: hummer
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: hummar
lang: Occitan
word: ligombau
lang: Old English
word: loppestre
lang: Persian
word: خرچنگ دریایی
roman: xarčang-e daryâyi
lang: Persian
word: روبیان
roman: rubiyân
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Humma
lang: Polish
word: homar
lang: Portuguese
word: lagosta
lang: Romanian
word: homar
lang: Russian
word: ома́р
roman: omár
lang: Russian
word: ло́бстер
roman: lóbstɛr
lang: Scots
word: lapster
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: giomach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ја̏стог
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: хла̑п
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: jȁstog
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: hlȃp
lang: Slovak
word: morský rak
lang: Slovene
word: jástog
lang: Somali
word: argoosto
lang: Somali
word: xayawaan
lang: Spanish
word: langosta
lang: Spanish
word: bogavante
lang: Spanish
word: pigua
lang: Spanish
word: lobagante
lang: Spanish
word: lubigante
lang: Spanish
word: llocántaro
lang: Swedish
word: hummer
lang: Tagalog
word: ulang
lang: Tajik
word: харчанги баҳрӣ
roman: xarčang-i bahri
lang: Thai
word: กุ้งมังกร
roman: gûng-mang-gɔɔn
lang: Thai
word: ล็อบสเตอร์
roman: lɔ́ps-dtə̂ə
lang: Tongan
word: uo
lang: Turkish
word: ıstakoz
lang: Turkmen
word: omar
lang: Ukrainian
word: ома́р
roman: omár
lang: Ukrainian
word: ло́бстер
roman: lóbster
lang: Urdu
word: لابسٹر
roman: lābsṭar
lang: Uyghur
word: چوڭ راك
roman: chong rak
lang: Uzbek
word: omar
lang: Vietnamese
word: tôm hùm
lang: Vietnamese
word: tôm rồng
lang: Volapük
word: humar
lang: Waray-Waray
word: banagan
lang: Welsh
word: cimwch
lang: Welsh
word: cimychiaid
lang: Woiwurrung
word: kur-rite
lang: Woiwurrung
word: darrak (-burrong)
lang: Woiwurrung
word: duyang
lang: Woiwurrung
word: bunggan-gulum
lang: Yiddish
word: ראַק
roman: rak
lang: Yiddish
word: האָמאַר
roman: homar
lang: Yiddish
word: לאָבסטער
roman: lobster
lang: Zhuang
word: duzlungzyah