obélisque

See also: obelisque

French

obélisque

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin obeliscus (“obelisk”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀβελίσκος (obelískos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.be.lisk/

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Noun

obélisque m (plural obélisques)

1. (architecture) obelisk (a tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Descendants

• → Polish: obelisk

Further reading

• “obélisque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.