anchois
See also: Anchois
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French [Term?], from Old Occitan anchoia (modern Occitan anchòia), from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē (“small fry”), from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
anchois m (plural anchois)
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “anchois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French anchois. First attested in 1856.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
anchois n (indeclinable)
- anchovy (small, common saltwater forage fish in the family Engraulidae that are used as human food and fish bait)