mappemonde
English
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin.
Noun
mappemonde (plural mappemondes)
- A medieval map of the known or imagined world.
French
Une mappemonde de Guillaume Delisle
Alternative forms
- mappe-monde
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin mappa mundī.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.p(ə).mɔ̃d/
Audio (file)
Noun
mappemonde f (plural mappemondes)
- a map of the world, showing the two hemispheres as separate circles
Further reading
- “mappemonde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.