mille-pattes

French

Alternative forms

• millepatte (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Bahuvrīhi compound of mille +‎ pattes, literally “thousand-paws”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mil.pat/

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• Hyphenation: mille-pattes

Noun

mille-pattes m (invariable)

2. (zoology) millipede (elongated arthropods)

   Synonym: diplopode

Descendants

• Mauritian Creole: milpat

Further reading

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