pébrine
See also: pebrine
English
Etymology
From French pébrine.
Noun
pébrine (uncountable)
- A parasitic disease affecting silkworms.
- 2007, Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, Picador 2008, p. 267:
- In 1852, a disease called pébrine began to spread among the silkworms.
- 2007, Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, Picador 2008, p. 267:
French
Etymology
From Occitan pebrino, from Occitan pebre, from the resemblance of the brown dots on the silkworm to pepper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe.bʁin/
Noun
pébrine f (plural pébrines)
- pébrine
Further reading
- “pébrine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.