comète
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cometa, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (kometes) "longhaired", referring to the tail of a comet, from κόμη (kome) "hair".
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /kɔ.mɛt/
Audio (Paris): (file) - Homophones: comètes, commette, commettent, commettes
Noun[edit]
comète f (plural comètes)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Romanian: cometă
Further reading[edit]
- “comète”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.