fontenelle

Old French

Etymology

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Noun

fontenelle oblique singular, f (oblique plural fontenelles, nominative singular fontenelle, nominative plural fontenelles)

1. any place where two bones fuse together
2. (in particular) fontanelle

Descendants

• English: fontanelle
• French: fontanelle

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (fontenelle, supplement)