Verdun

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /və(ɹ)ˈdʌn/, /və(ɹ)ˈdɜ̃/
• Rhymes: -ʌn

Proper noun

Verdun

1. A small city in the Meuse department, Grand Est, France, the site of a ten-month long battle in World War I.
2. A borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Translations

city in Meuse

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 凡爾登／凡尔登 (zh) (Fán'ěrdēng)

• French: Verdun (fr) m
• German: Verdun (de) n
• Japanese: ヴェルダン (Vuerudan)
• Latin: Virodunum n, Verodunum n

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Virodunum, from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.dœ̃/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.dœ̃/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): [vaɛ̯ʁ̥.dœ̃˞]

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Proper noun

Verdun m

1. Verdun (a small city in the Meuse department, Grand Est, France)

Derived terms

• verdunois