presqu'île
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See also: presqu'ile
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From presque (“almost”) + île (“island”), a calque of Latin paenīnsula.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /pʁɛs.k‿il/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: presqu’îles
- Hyphenation: pres‧qu'île
Noun
[edit]presqu’île f (plural presqu’îles)
- (geography) peninsula
- Synonym: péninsule
- 1901, Pierre Louÿs, “Lesbos aujourd'hui”, in Archipel, published 1932:
- Mytilène […] s’étageait autrefois en amphithéâtre sur une presqu’île à demi détachée, qui était reliée à la terre que par des ponts de pierre blanche.
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Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “presqu'île”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
[edit]- “presqu'île”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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