furoncle
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]May be regarded either as an etymological reshaping of Middle French feroncle,[1] on the basis of the original Latin furunculus, or regarded as an outright borrowing of the Latin term,[2] replacing inherited forms such as feroncle and froncle.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]furoncle m (plural furoncles)
References
[edit]- ^ “furoncle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fŭrŭnculus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 912