orcanette
French
editAlternative forms
edit- orcanète f
Etymology
editFrom orcanet (“bugloss”) + -ette (a feminizing suffix), an orthographic variant of the Old French arquenet (m), the diminutive form of Old French arquin (m), alcanne (“antimony”). Compare the Spanish alcana.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editorcanette f (plural orcanettes)
- bugloss, alkanet
- 1924, Marcel Hégelbacher, La Parfumerie et la Savonnerie, page 131:
- La coloration des crayons était autrefois presque uniquement obtenue avec le racine d’orcanette restant, au bain-marie, en contact avec la matière grasse.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Catalan: orcaneta
Further reading
edit- “orcanette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.