réglisse
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French regulisse, ricolisse, metathesized form of licoresse (whence English licorice, liquorice), from Late Latin liquiritia, alteration of Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza): γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) + ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
réglisse f (plural réglisses)
Further reading edit
- “réglisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- réglisse on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr