tonnelle

tonnelle

French

Etymology

Diminutive of tonne, with suffix -elle. Doublet of tunnel, a reborrowing from English.

Noun

tonnelle f (plural tonnelles)

1. arbour

   Synonyms: treille, pergola

Further reading

• “tonnelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Noun

tonnelle f (plural tonnelles)

1. barrel
2. underground tube

Descendants

• → English: tunnel
  • → Czech: tunel
  • → Danish: tunnel
  • → Dutch: tunnel
  • → French: tunnel
    • → Romanian: tunel
    • → Turkish: tünel
  • → Italian: tunnel
  • → Norwegian: tunnel
  • → Polish: tunel
  • → Portuguese: túnel
  • → Serbo-Croatian: tùnēl
  • → Swedish: tunnel
• French: tonnelle

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (tonnelle)