escran
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
Old French, borrowed from Middle Dutch scherm.
Noun edit
escran m (plural escrans)
- screen (physical barrier for protection or to block out light)
Descendants edit
- French: écran
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (escran, supplement)
- Etymology and history of “écran”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. (for the etymology)
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Dutch scherm.
Noun edit
escran oblique singular, m (oblique plural escrans, nominative singular escrans, nominative plural escran)
- screen (physical barrier for protection or to block out light)
Descendants edit
- Middle French: escran
- → Middle English: scren, screne
- English: screen
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (escran, supplement)
- Etymology and history of “écran”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. (for the etymology)