noyau
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French noyau.
Noun
noyau (plural noyaus)
- A French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots. [from 18th c.]
- 1792, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 178:
- His coffee was excellent, and then came a case of liqueurs, noyau both white and red, etc.
- 1792, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 178:
- (ethology) A small nucleus or core group of people or animals. [from 20th c.]
- 1966 August 26, Richard Ardrey, "Strongest Bond of All - The Space We Own" in LIFE, page 58:
- Borders are violated by hungering males and famished females, and the ordered animosities of the noyau give way to a saturnalia of sexual adventure.
- 1999, Ronald M. Nowak, Walker's Primates of the World, JHU Press, →ISBN, page 27:
- The orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) also exhibits the noyau system and appears to be the only diurnal primate with a largely solitary lifestyle.
- 2000, Sergio M. Pellis & Andrew N. Iwaniuk, "Adult-Adult Play in Primates: Comparative Analyses of Its Origin, Distribution and Evolution", Ethology 106, page 1089:
- This "noyau" pattern is found among various nocturnal strepsirrhines.
- 1966 August 26, Richard Ardrey, "Strongest Bond of All - The Space We Own" in LIFE, page 58:
References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130330004136/http://www.noyaudepoissy.com/pages/histoire.htm
French
Etymology
Backformed from Old French noyaus, plural of noyal, from Late Latin nucālis, from Latin nux.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nwa.jo/
audio (CA) (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -jo
Noun
noyau m (plural noyaux)
- stone (of a fruit), pit (of a fruit)
- group (of artists etc.); cell (of terrorists etc.)
- (geology) core
- (biology, physics) nucleus
- (computing) kernel
- (phonetics, phonology) nucleus of a syllable
- Antonyms: attaque, coda
Derived terms
- antinoyau
- noyau atomique
- noyautage
- noyauter
- noyau terrestre
Related terms
- noix
Further reading
- “noyau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.