lône

See also: lone, Lone, lőne, and lőné

French

Etymology

From Franco-Provençal lona, ultimately of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lon/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

lône f (plural lônes)

1. (Lyon dialect) an anabranch of the river Rhone
2. (by extension, hydrology) any diverging branch of a river

   Synonym: bras

Further reading

• “lône”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• lône on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr