pristin
French
Adjective
pristin (feminine singular pristine, masculine plural pristins, feminine plural pristines)
- (obsolete or law) pristine
- pristin état
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁis.tɛ̃/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pristinus.
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pristinus.
Adjective
pristin m (feminine singular pristine, masculine plural pristins, feminine plural pristines)
- former; old
- (by extension) unspoiled; as new
Descendants
- French: pristin
- → English: pristine
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (pristin)