havresac
French
Alternative forms
- habresac (dialectal)
Etymology
From Low German Haawersack and/or German Habersack (literally “oat-sack”), from Hafer + Sack. Compare Dutch haverzak.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /a.vʁə.sak/
Noun
havresac m (plural havresacs)
- haversack [from 1680]
Descendants
- → English: haversack
Further reading
- “havresac”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.