colophane

French

Etymology

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (rēsīna) colophōnia (“(resin) of Colophon”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Κολοφωνία (Kolophōnía), from Κολοφών (Kolophṓn, “Colophon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.lɔ.fan/

Noun

colophane f (plural colophanes)

1. rosin

Further reading

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