licorne

From Old French unicorne via reanalysis as une icorne (with feminine indefinite article), followed by further reanalysis of the new definite form l'icorne[1].

• IPA^(key): /li.kɔʁn/

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licorne f (plural licornes)

1. unicorn (mythical beast)
2. (heraldry) unicorn
3. unicorn (startup whose valuation has exceeded one billion U.S. dollars)

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

From French licorne.

licorne m (plural licornes)

1. unicorn

• unicórnio