équateur

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See also: Equateur, Équateur, and Êquateur

French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin aequātōrem.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.kwa.tœʁ/
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Noun

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équateur m (plural équateurs)

  1. equator (imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemisphere)
    Coordinate term: tropique

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