taureau

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See also: Taureau

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɔ.ʁo/, /tɔ.ʁo/
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Noun

taureau m (plural taureaux)

bull
Taurus

Related terms

tauromachie

See also

bœuf
vache

References

^ 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

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

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