empan

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French espan. Cognate with English span.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.pɑ̃/

Noun

empan m (plural empans)

1. spand, span (imperial measurement equivalent to nine inches)

Further reading

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