orcanette
French edit
Alternative forms edit
- orcanète f
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
Noun edit
orcanette 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.
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Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “orcanette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.