amadou

See also: Amadou

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French amadou (“tinder, lure, bait”), from amadouer (“to allure, caress”), perhaps from Icelandic mata (“to feed”), which is akin to English meat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.mə.duː/

Noun

amadou (uncountable)

1. A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.

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Translations

spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi

• Armenian: աբեթ (hy) (abetʻ), ղավ (hy) (ġav) (dialectal)
• Azerbaijani: qov
• Finnish: taula (fi)
• French: amadou (fr)
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• Georgian: აბედი (ka) (abedi)
• Russian: трут (ru) (trut)
• Turkish: kav (tr)

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French *amadou, from amadouer (“to coax, cajole, rub with touchwood”). Alternatively, often considered to be derived from Provençal amadou, from Latin amator. More at amadouer.

Noun

amadou m (plural amadous)

1. lure; bait
2. tinder; kindling; touchwood; spunk

Related terms

• amadouer

Further reading

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