méditerrané
See also: Mediterrane
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin mediterraneus. Cf. the Old French form mer moiterienne and Middle French Mer Miterraine, which may have evolved more popularly.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editméditerrané (feminine méditerranée, masculine plural méditerranés, feminine plural méditerranées)
- inland (remote from the coast)
- 1908, Napoleon, “Manuscrit XXVI: Études de la nature – histoire naturelle”, in Napoléon; manuscrits inédits, 1786–1791, page 289:
- Le détroit de Davis communique à plusieurs mers méditerranées.
- Davis Strait communicates with several inland seas.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “méditerrané”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.