boréal
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin boreālis (“northern”), from Boreās, from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās, “personification of the north wind”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
boréal (feminine boréale, masculine plural boréaux, feminine plural boréales)
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Further reading edit
- “boréal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.