thiois
French
Etymology
From Old French tiois, tieis, tiedeis, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin theodiscus, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz. Doublet of tudesque. Compare Italian tedesco.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti.wa/
Adjective
thiois (feminine thioise, masculine plural thiois, feminine plural thioises)
- (archaic) Teutonic, Germanic, Flemish
- (Lorraine, Alsace, relational) Franconian (dialects)
Further reading
- “thiois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.