frêne
See also: frene and frené
French
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Un frêne – Fraxinus angustifolia
Etymology
From Middle French fresne, from Old French fresne, fraisne, from Latin fraxinus, from *bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, adjective of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos (“birch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁɛn/
audio (file) Audio (Paris) (file) - Homophone: freine
Noun
frêne m (plural frênes)
- ash tree
Derived terms
- agrile du frêne
- frêne commun
Further reading
frêne on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
- “frêne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- enfer
Norman
Etymology
From Old French fresne, from Latin fraxinus.
Noun
frêne m (plural frênes)
- (Jersey) ash tree