taureau

See also: Taureau

French

Etymology

From Old French torel[1], a derivation of tor, taur, from Latin taurus[2], ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔ.ʁo/, /to.ʁo/
  • (file)

Noun

taureau m (plural taureaux)

  1. bull
  2. Taurus

See also

References

  1. Albert Dauzat, Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand, Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique, Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1964
  2. Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert, →ISBN

Further reading

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