ciguë

See also: cigüe

French

Alternative forms

• cigüe (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French sigue, cegue (13th c.), variant of cëue (12th c.), inherited from Latin cicūta. Irregular preservation or restoration of -g- < Latin -c- (as in aigre, aigu, égal etc.) may be due to southern Gallo-Romance influence, partial relatinisation, and/or the general desire for a fuller phonetic form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ɡy/

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Noun

ciguë f (countable and uncountable, plural ciguës)

1. hemlock (umbellifer)

See also

• pruche

References

• “ciguë”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.