Lapine

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proper noun

A surname.

OriginFrench lapin →
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Meanings

Lapine1

proper nounLapine (plural Lapines)

plural Lapines

  1. A surname.

Lapine2

proper nounLapine (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA constructed language created by author Richard Adams for his 1972 novel Watership Down, where it is spoken by rabbit characters.

    I just constructed Lapine as I went - when the rabbits needed a word for something so did I.

    2014 December 28, Richard Adams, “Richard Adams Reddit AMA”, in Interviewly, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2017

Origin

  1. Frenchlapin“rabbit”
  2. EnglishLapine

From French lapin (“rabbit”). Coined by English novelist Richard Adams in 1972.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

alpineNepalipinealPinelapenialapelin
Cite this entry
APA

Lapine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lapine

MLA

“Lapine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lapine. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lapine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lapine.

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