lanière

From Middle French laniere, from Old French lasniere (compare Old French lasne (“strap, thong”), alteration of earlier nasliere, from nasle (“strap, thong”) from Frankish *nastila, from Proto-Germanic *nastilō (“strap”), from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to knot”). Akin to Old High German nestila (“band, strap”) (German Nestel (“string, strap, lace”)).

• IPA^(key): /la.njɛʁ/

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lanière f (plural lanières)

1. a strap, lanyard
2. (by extension) a strip

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

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