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Etymology
The first attestation of the word (1549) is Provençal, compare with its French synonym. The Provençal may actually originally derive from  or, with French  likewise from , or an adaptation of the Provençal. It may have been contaminated with (cf. Provençal ) and related terms, which are closer semantic fits. Compare also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (dialectal ), English or  all deriving from Latin  which also gives French.

Noun



 * 1) sea urchin
 * Sur certains points les plus fréquentés de Marseille, on étale les coquillages les plus savoureux, les plus appétissants : les moules, les clovisses, les oursins, les praires, les huîtres. (in Journal officiel, 4 juin 1873)