enclume
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French anclume, from Latin incūs, incūdem, through a variant Vulgar Latin form *incūdō, incūdinem (compare Italian incudine). The intrusive -l- probably influenced by Latin inclūdō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
enclume f (plural enclumes)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “enclume”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.