artère

See also: artere and artére

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French artere, artaire, borrowed from Latin artēria, from Ancient Greek ἀρτηρία (artēría).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.tɛʁ/
• Homophone: artères

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Noun

artère f (plural artères)

1. (anatomy) artery (blood vessel)
2. thoroughfare

Related terms

• artériel

Descendants

• → Turkish: arter

Further reading

• “artère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• arrête, arrêté, rareté