jumeau
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French jumel, gemel (cf. also the less often used French dialectal form gémeau, as well as Gémeaux), from Latin gemellus, diminutive of geminus. Compare Italian gemello, Portuguese gémeo, Romanian geamăn, Spanish gemelo.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editjumeau m (plural jumeaux, feminine jumelle)
Derived terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “jumeau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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