encens
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ənˈsəns/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ənˈsɛns/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /enˈsens/
Noun
encens m (plural encensos)
- incense
Verb
encens
- second-person singular present indicative form of encendre
References
- “encens” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Old French encens, borrowed from Late Latin incensum, from Latin incendō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sɑ̃/
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Noun
encens m (plural encens)
- incense (a perfume often used in the rites of various religions)
Derived terms
- encens d'eau
- encensement
- encenser
- encenseur
- encensier
- encensoir
Further reading
- “encens”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- ancens, encense, encence, incens, incense
Etymology
From Old French encens, from Late Latin incēnsum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛnˈsɛns/
Noun
encens (plural encenss)
- incense
- smoke (especially from incense)
Derived terms
- encensen
Descendants
- English: incense
References
- “encens, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin incēnsum, from Latin incendō.
Noun
encens m (oblique plural encens, nominative singular encens, nominative plural encens)
- incense (a perfume often used in the rites of various religions)
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page page of this essay:
- on doit suffumiguer le chief de encens avec ung petit de roses
- [the physician] has to infuse the patient's head from below with incense with a few rose petals
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Descendants
- English: incense
- French: encens
- Norman: enchens