Rabelais

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Rabelais.

Proper noun

Rabelais (plural Rabelaises)

A surname from French.

Derived terms

Rabelaisian

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rabelais”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Forebears

French

Etymology

Made famous by François Rabelais. Recently extinct in France.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁa.blɛ/

Proper noun

Rabelais m or f

a surname

Derived terms

rabelaisien

Descendants

English: Rabelais

References

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Further reading

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