méditerrané
See also: Mediterrane
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mediterraneus. Cf. the Old French form mer moiterienne and Middle French Mer Miterraine, which may have evolved more popularly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.di.tɛ.ʁa.ne/, /me.di.te.ʁa.ne/
Adjective
méditerrané (feminine méditerranée, masculine plural méditerranés, feminine plural méditerranées)
- inland (remote from the coast)
- 1908, Napoleon, “Manuscrit XXVI: Études de la nature – histoire naturelle”, in Napoléon; manuscrits inédits, 1786–1791, page 289:
- Le détroit de Davis communique à plusieurs mers méditerranées.
- Davis Strait communicates with several inland seas.
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Derived terms
- mer Méditerranée
- Méditerranée
Further reading
- “méditerrané”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.