grenouille

French

Etymology

From Middle French grenouille, from Old French grenoille, alteration of Old French renoille, from Vulgar Latin *rānucula, from Latin rānunculus, ultimately from rāna. The initial g- may be due to the influence of words that imitate the sound of an animal, (compare Latin grāculus, grācillāre), or from a crossing with Gaulish craxaulus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʁə.nuj/
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Noun

grenouille f (plural grenouilles)

frog

Coordinate terms

crapaud (“toad”)

Further reading

“grenouille” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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