épaule

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See also: epaule, épaulé, êpaule, and êpaûle

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French espaule, from Old French espalle, from Vulgar Latin *spatla[1], from Late Latin spathula (“flat, broad piece”)[2], diminutive of Latin spatha (“straight sword”) (whence French épée (“sword”)). Doublet of spatule, which was a borrowing.

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Noun[edit]

épaule f (plural épaules)

  1. (anatomy) shoulder

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Verb[edit]

épaule

  1. inflection of épauler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

References[edit]

  1. ^ Clédat, Léon. 1905. Revue de philologie française et de littérature, tome XIX. Paris: Librairie Émile Bouillon. Page 71. https://books.google.com/books?id=SdsxAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
  2. ^ Etymology and history of “épaule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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