Auvergne

See also: auvergne and auvergné

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Gaulishbor.

Latin Arvernus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Medieval Latin Arvernia

Old French Alvergnebor.

Middle English Alverne

English Auvergne

Inherited from Middle English Alverne; the modern form and pronunciation is a refashioning after modern French Auvergne. Doublet of Arvernia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əʊˈvɜː(ɹ)n/, /əʊˈvɛə(ɹ)n/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n

Proper noun

Auvergne

1. A former administrative region and historical province of France, since 2016 part of the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Derived terms

• Auvergne bear
• Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
• Auvergnese
• Auvergnian
• Dauphinate of Auvergne

Translations

region of France

• Bulgarian: Ове́рн m (Ovérn)
• Catalan: Alvèrnia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧弗涅 / 奥弗涅 (zh) (Àofúniè)

• Danish: Auvergne (da)
• Dutch: Auvergne (nl) n
• French: Auvergne (fr) f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Auvernje n

• German: Auvergne (de) f
• Greek: Ωβέρνη (el) f (Ovérni)
• Italian: Alvernia f
• Japanese: オーヴェルニュ (Ōverunyu), オーベルニュ (Ōberunyu)
• Latin: Arvernia f
• Middle English: Alverne
• Occitan: Auvèrnhe f, Auvèrnha f

  Old Occitan: Alvergnhe f

• Portuguese: Auvergne (pt) f, Auvérnia f
• Russian: Ове́рнь (ru) f (Ovɛ́rnʹ)
• Spanish: Auvernia f
• Swedish: Auvergne

See also

• Auvergne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Occitan Auvèrnhe or Auvèrnha, itself a calque of Latin Arvernicus pagus, from the Arverni, the name of a Gaulish tribe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.vɛʁɲ/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)):

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Proper noun

Auvergne f

1. Auvergne (a former administrative region and historical province of France, since 2016 part of the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)