taureau

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French torel^[1], a derivation of tor, taur, from Latin taurus^[2], ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /tɔ.ʁo/, /to.ʁo/
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Noun[edit]

taureau m (plural taureaux)

bull
Taurus

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

tauromachie

See also[edit]

bœuf
vache

References[edit]

^ Albert Dauzat, Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand, Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique, Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1964
^ Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

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

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