comète
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin cometa, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (kometes) "longhaired", referring to the tail of a comet, from κόμη (kome) "hair".
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kɔ.mɛt/
Audio (Paris): (file) - Homophones: comètes, commette, commettent, commettes
Noun
[edit]comète f (plural comètes)
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “comète”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.