lunel
See also: Lunel
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Lunel, a town in southern France.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lunel (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 edit
From French lunel, a heraldic term based on lune (“moon”). Compare Spanish lunel, Italian lunello.
Noun edit
lunel (plural lunels)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French lunel,[1][2] a heraldic term based on lune (“moon”), from Latin lūna. Compare Italian lunello.
Noun edit
lunel 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