misaine
See also: mîsaine
French
Etymology
Alteration (due to Italian mezzana), of Middle French migenne, from Old Catalan mitjana, feminine form of mitjan, from Latin mediānus. Doublet of moyen, which was inherited from the Latin, and of médian, borrowed directly from Latin. See English mizzen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.zɛn/
Audio (file) - Homophone: Misène
Noun
misaine f (plural misaines)
- (nautical) fore
- (nautical) foresail
Derived terms
- mât de misaine - foremast
Further reading
- “misaine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.