étamine

See also: etamine

French

étamine

Etymology

From Medieval Latin stāminea (“kind of woollen cloth”), from stāmineus (“trimmed with thread”), from Latin stāmen (“warp (of a loom)”).

The biological sense is by etymological analogy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ta.min/

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Noun

étamine f (plural étamines)

1. muslin, cheesecloth, etamine (a fine fabric often used to filter liquids)
2. stamen (a flower part that produces pollen)

   Coordinate term: pistil

Descendants

• → English: etamine, etamin
• → Ottoman Turkish: اتامین (etamin)
• → Spanish: etamina

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• aménité, matinée