essieu

French

Etymology

Originally a dialectal (probably Picard) form of aissil, from Vulgar Latin *axīle / *axīlis, from Latin axis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.sjø/

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Noun

essieu m (plural essieux)

1. axel, axle (of a car)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• essuie