élingue
French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French eslinge (“slingshot”), from Frankish *slinga, from Proto-Germanic *slingwaną (“to worm, twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *slenk (“to turn, twist”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editélingue f (plural élingues)
Further reading
edit- “élingue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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