catacombe
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin catacumbae, a compound of Ancient Greek κατά (katá) and Late Latin tumba (whence French tombe).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ta.kɔ̃b/
- Homophone: catacombes
Noun
catacombe f (plural catacombes)
- (chiefly in the plural) catacomb
Further reading
- “catacombe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.taˈkom.be/
- Rhymes: -ombe
- Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧cóm‧be
Noun
catacombe f
- plural of catacomba