palmipède
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin palmipedem (“broad-footed”), from palma (“the palm of the hand”) + pes (“a foot”). Compare English palmipede, English palmiped.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
palmipède m (plural palmipèdes)
- palmiped
- 1831, Honoré de Balzac, La Peau de chagrin:
- (journalism, by extension) referring to the satirical newspaper Le Canard enchaîné
Further reading[edit]
- “palmipède”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.