lunel
See also: Lunel
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Lunel, a town in southern France.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlunel (uncountable)
- A type of sweet muscat wine.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 209:
- Van looked through his raised lunel at the honeyed sun.
Etymology 2
editFrom French lunel, a heraldic term based on lune (“moon”). Compare Spanish lunel, Italian lunello.
Noun
editlunel (plural lunels)
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French lunel,[1][2] a heraldic term based on lune (“moon”), from Latin lūna. Compare Italian lunello.
Noun
editlunel m (plural luneles)
References
edit- ^ “lunel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “luna”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 713
Further reading
edit- “lunel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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