aubépine

French

aubépine

Etymology

Inherited from Old French aube espine, from Late Latin alba spīna, from Latin alba (“white”) + spīna (“thorn”). Cf. Italian albaspina, Catalan albespí.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.be.pin/

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Noun

aubépine f (plural aubépines)

1. hawthorn (type of shrub)

Related terms

• épine

Further reading

• “aubépine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.