obélisque
See also: obelisque
French
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin obeliscus (“obelisk”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀβελίσκος (obelískos).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editobélisque m (plural obélisques)
- (architecture) obelisk (a tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)
Descendants
edit- → Polish: obelisk
Further reading
edit- “obélisque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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