chilindre

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1380 in Problemes d'Aristote by Evrart de Conty. From Latin cylindrus, that borrowed from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros).

Noun

chilindre m (plural chilindres)

1. cylinder (shape)

Descendants

• French: cylindre
  • → Ottoman Turkish: سلندر (silinder), سیلندر (silindir)
    • Turkish: silindir
  • → Romanian: cilindru
• → English: cylinder
  • → Japanese: シリンダー (shirindā)
  • → Korean: 실린더 (sillindeo)