French edit

 
Common frog, Ariège, France

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French grenouille, from Old French grenoille, alteration of renoille, from Vulgar Latin *rānucula, diminutive of rāna. The initial g- may be due to the influence of words that imitate the sound of an animal, (compare Latin grāculus, grācillāre), or from a crossing with Gaulish craxaulus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁə.nuj/
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Noun edit

grenouille f (plural grenouilles)

  1. frog
    Synonym: (obsolete) raine

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