coccinelle
French edit
Etymology edit
Adaptation of Scientific Latin Coccinella, formed based on coccinus, from coccum.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /kɔk.si.nɛl/
Audio (Montreal) (file) - Homophone: coccinelles
- Hyphenation: coc‧ci‧nelle
Noun edit
coccinelle f (plural coccinelles)
- ladybird, ladybeetle, ladybug
- Synonym: bête à Bon Dieu
See also edit
- קוֹקְסִינֶל (koksinél)
Further reading edit
- “coccinelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
coccinelle f
- plural of coccinella