havresac
French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Low German Haawersack and/or German Habersack (literally “oat-sack”), from Hafer + Sack. Compare Dutch haverzak.
Pronunciation
edit- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /a.vʁə.sak/
Noun
edithavresac m (plural havresacs)
- haversack [from 1680]
Descendants
edit- → English: haversack
Further reading
edit- “havresac”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.