teigne
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛɲ/
- Homophones: teignent, teignes
Etymology 1
From Latin tinea, sense from genus name Tinea for the moth.
Noun
teigne f (plural teignes)
- a tineid, any of various species of moth, such as the clothes moth
- (uncountable) ringworm
- louse, vixen (mean or aggressive person)
- Synonym: peste
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Latin tingam and tingat, subjunctive of tingo
Verb
teigne
- first-person singular present subjunctive of teindre
- third-person singular present subjunctive of teindre
Further reading
- Teigne (insecte) at French Wikipedia for individual species
- “teigne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tinea.
Noun
teigne f (plural teignes)
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