églefin
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Alteration of Middle French esclefin (probably after aigle), originally borrowed from Middle Dutch schelvisch, corresponding to schelp (“shell”) + vis (“fish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ɡlə.fɛ̃/, /ɛ.ɡlə.fɛ̃/
Descendants
- ?Translingual: Aeglefinus
References
- Bomhoff, Dirk (1832): A New Dictionary of the English and Dutch Language: To which are Added a Catalogue of the Most Usual Proper Names and a List of the Irregular Verbs, Volume 2
Further reading
- “églefin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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