échantillon

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French eschandillon (“standard”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French eschandiller (“to verify the measures of merchants”), — a primarily Lyonnais word, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin scandaculum (“ladder”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin scandere (“to climb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ʃɑ̃.ti.jɔ̃/

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Noun

échantillon m (plural échantillons)

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Derived terms

• échantillonnage
• échantillonner
• échantillonneur
• juger de la pièce par l’échantillon

Further reading

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