arc-en-ciel

French

Un arc-en-ciel sur l'île d'Hoëdic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.k‿ɑ̃.sjɛl/

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• Homophone: arcs-en-ciel

Noun

arc-en-ciel m (plural arcs-en-ciel)

1. rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air)

Adjective

arc-en-ciel (invariable)

1. rainbow

Derived terms

• truite arc-en-ciel

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: lakansyèl

Further reading

• “arc-en-ciel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• encerclai