phasme
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /fasm/
Audio: (file) Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Noun[edit]
phasme m (plural phasmes)
- stick insect
- (derogatory) beanpole, string bean (scrawny person)
Further reading[edit]
- “phasme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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- French terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- French learned borrowings from Ancient Greek
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
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- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French derogatory terms