English

Noun

carapace ‎(plural carapaces)

1. A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
2. in figurative use
   • 2010 January 8, Simon Jenkins, “The proliferation of nuclear panic is politics at its most ghoulish” in The Guardian, §: “Comment & Debate”, page 29, column 4

     This is all a massive failure of science to pierce the carapace of public ignorance.

Related terms

• carapaced
• carapaceous
• carapacial

Translations

References

1. ↑ “carapace” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

French

Etymology

From Portuguese carapaça ‎(“carapace, shell”), of uncertain origin.

Noun

carapace f ‎(plural carapaces)

1. shell

Italian

Etymology

From French carapace ‎(“tortoise shell”), from Portuguese carapaça ‎(“carapace, shell”), of uncertain origin.

Noun

carapace m ‎(plural carapaci)

1. carapace