cuisse
English
editEtymology
editFrom French cuisse (“thigh”); compare French cuissard, Old French cuissot (“armour for the thigh, cuish”). Doublet of coxa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcuisse (plural cuisses)
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editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French cuisse, quisse, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”). Compare hanche.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcuisse f (plural cuisses)
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editFurther reading
edit- “cuisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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editOld French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin or Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”).
Noun
editcuisse oblique singular, f (oblique plural cuisses, nominative singular cuisse, nominative plural cuisses)
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