loir
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See also: Loir
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
loir (plural loirs)
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French loir, leir, lère, from Vulgar Latin *glirem, from Classical Latin glīrem. Compare Spanish lirón. Cf. also similar loss of initial Latin 'g-' in Old French luissel (from *globuscellum), lemoissel (from *glomiscellum).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
loir m (plural loirs)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: loir
Further reading[edit]
- “loir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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- French terms inherited from Old French
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- fr:Rodents