ciguë
See also: cigüe
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French sigue, cegue (13th c.), variant of cëue (12th c.), inherited from Latin cicūta. Irregular preservation or restoration of -g- < Latin -c- (as in aigre, aigu, égal etc.) may be due to southern Gallo-Romance influence, partial relatinisation, and/or the general desire for a fuller phonetic form.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ciguë f (countable and uncountable, plural ciguës)
- hemlock (umbellifer)
See also edit
References edit
- “ciguë”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.