aumône
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French almosne, from Vulgar Latin *alēmosyna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεέω (eleéō, “to have mercy”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aumône f (plural aumônes)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “aumône”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.