empan
French
Etymology
From Old French espan with change of prefix to em-; borrowed from Frankish *spanna, from Proto-Germanic *spānnõ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to stretch”). Cognate with English span.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pɑ̃/
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Noun
empan m (plural empans)
- spand, span (imperial measurement equivalent to nine inches)
Further reading
- “empan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.