fresne
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French fresne, fraisne.
Noun
fresne m (plural fresnes)
- ash tree
Descendants
- French: frêne
Old French
Alternative forms
- fraisne, fraigne
Etymology
From Latin fraxinus.
Noun
fresne m (oblique plural fresnes, nominative singular fresnes, nominative plural fresne)
- ash tree
Descendants
- Angevin: frêne, fragne
- Bourguignon: fraigne, fragne
- Lorrain: frâne
- Middle French: fresne
- French: frêne
- Norman: frêne, frêine
- Walloon: frinne
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “fraxĭnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 771