topinambour
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
topinambour (plural topinambours)
- Synonym of Jerusalem artichoke
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From earlier plural forms topinambaux or topinambaulx, from Old Tupi Tupinamba, the name of a South American tribe where the plant was thought to have originated, 1650s.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
topinambour m (plural topinambours)
- Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
- Synonyms: artichaut de Jérusalem, artichaut du Canada, soleil vivace
Descendants[edit]
- → German: Topinambur
- → Italian: topinambur
- → Portuguese: tupinambor, tupinambo
Further reading[edit]
- “topinambour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- topinambour on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
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