détail
See also: detail, Detail, and de-tail
French
Etymology
From Middle French détail, from Old French detail, from detaillier, from de- + taillier (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.taj/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -aj
Noun
détail m (plural détails)
- detail (something small enough to escape casual notice, or a profusion of details)
Derived terms
- détailler
- détaillé
- en détail
- par le menu détail
- point de détail
Descendants
Descendants
- → Catalan: detall
- → Danish: detalje
- → Galician: detalle
- → Dutch: detail
- → German: Detail
- → Norwegian Bokmål: detalj
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: detalj
- → Portuguese: detalhe
- → Russian: деталь (detalʹ)
- → Spanish: detalle
- → Swedish: detalj
- → Turkish: detay
Further reading
- “détail”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- déliât
- dilate, dilaté
- ladite