zénith

See also: zenith

French

Etymology

Via Middle French zenith, from Old French cenit, from Medieval Latin cenit, ultimately from Arabic سَمْت‎ (samt, “direction, path”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ze.nit/

Noun

zénith m (plural zéniths)

zenith

Descendants

Armenian: զենիթ (zenitʿ)
Russian: зенит (zenit)

Further reading

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

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