esquif

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French, from Old Italian schifo ‎(“small boat”), from Lombardic *skif ‎(“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *skipą ‎(“boat, ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *skei- ‎(“to split, cut”). Cognate with Old High German skif ‎(“boat, ship”), Old English scip ‎(“small craft, boat”). More at ship.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.kif/

NounEdit

esquif m ‎(plural esquifs)

1. (literary) skiff (any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person)

External linksEdit

• “esquif” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).