gratte-ciel
French
Etymology
A calque of English skyscraper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁat.sjɛl/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Noun
gratte-ciel m (plural gratte-ciel or gratte-ciels)
- skyscraper
Further reading
- “gratte-ciel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.