catacombe
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin catacumbae, a compound of Ancient Greek κατά (katá) and Late Latin tumba (whence French tombe).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ta.kɔ̃b/
- Homophone: catacombes
Noun
catacombe f (plural catacombes)
Further reading
- “catacombe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
catacombe f
Categories:
- French terms borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin
- French terms derived from Ecclesiastical Latin
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French terms derived from Late Latin
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with homophones
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian noun plural forms