frêne

See also: frene and frené

French

Un frêne – Fraxinus angustifolia

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French fresne, from Old French fresne, fraisne, from Latin fraxinus, from *bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, adjective of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos (“birch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɛn/

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• Homophone: freine

Noun

frêne m (plural frênes)

1. ash tree

Derived terms

• agrile du frêne
• frêne commun

 

Further reading

• frêne on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “frêne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• enfer

Norman

Etymology

From Old French fresne, fraisne, from Latin fraxinus.

Noun

frêne m (plural frênes)

1. (Jersey) ash tree