phoque
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin phōca, from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē). Compare Italian foca.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]phoque m (plural phoques)
- seal (pinniped)
- Synonyms: loup de mer, loup marin
- 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis[1], archived from the original on 27 May 2019:
- Des reflets s’enfonçaient à pic dans la Seine. La surface du fleuve remuait comme s’il y avait des phoques sous l’eau.
- Reflections dive steeply into the Seine. The surface of the river moves as if there were seals under the water.
- sealskin (fabric made from fur of seals)
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “phoque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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