sénéchal

French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French seneschal, ultimately derived from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *siniskalk (“seneschal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.ne.ʃal/

Noun

sénéchal m (plural sénéchaux)

1. seneschal; guardian; protector

Further reading

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