épaule
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French espaule, from Old French espalle, from Vulgar Latin *spatla,[1] from Late Latin spathula (“flat, broad piece”),[2] diminutive of Latin spatha (“straight sword”) (whence French épée (“sword”)). Doublet of spatule, which was a borrowing.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /e.pol/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -ol
- Homophones: épaulent, épaules
- Hyphenation: é‧paule
Noun edit
épaule f (plural épaules)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Verb edit
épaule
- inflection of épauler:
References edit
- ^ Clédat, Léon. 1905. Revue de philologie française et de littérature, tome XIX. Paris: Librairie Émile Bouillon. Page 71. https://books.google.com/books?id=SdsxAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ Etymology and history of “épaule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading edit
- “épaule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.