tonnelle

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Diminutive of tonne, with suffix -elle. Doublet of tunnel, a reborrowing from English.

Noun[edit]

tonnelle f (plural tonnelles)

arbour
Synonyms: treille, pergola

Further reading[edit]

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

Middle French[edit]

Noun[edit]

tonnelle f (plural tonnelles)

Descendants[edit]

→ English: tunnel
- → Czech: tunel
- → Danish: tunnel
- → Dutch: tunnel
- → French: tunnel
  - → Romanian: tunel
  - → Turkish: tünel
- → Italian: tunnel
- → Norwegian: tunnel
- → Polish: tunel
- → Portuguese: túnel
- → Serbo-Croatian: tùnēl
- → Swedish: tunnel
French: tonnelle

References[edit]

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (tonnelle)

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