anguille
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French anguille (12th c.), borrowed from Latin anguīlla. The ⟨ll⟩ was originally pronounced /l/ (still found, alongside /ʎ/, until the 17th century). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why can't this be inherited?”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]anguille f (plural anguilles)
- eel (fish)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “anguille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]anguille f
Anagrams
[edit]Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]anguille oblique singular, f (oblique plural anguilles, nominative singular anguille, nominative plural anguilles)
Descendants
[edit]- French: anguille
References
[edit]- anguille on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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