excavateur

French

Etymology

Calque of English excavator.

Pronunciation

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Noun

excavateur m (plural excavateurs)

excavator (vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc; a backhoe)
Synonym: excavatrice

Descendants

→ Romanian: excavator
→ Turkish: ekskavatör

Further reading

“excavateur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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