palmipède
French
editEtymology
editFrom Latin palmipedem (“broad-footed”), from palma (“the palm of the hand”) + pes (“a foot”). Compare English palmipede, English palmiped.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpalmipède m (plural palmipèdes)
- palmiped
- 1831, Honoré de Balzac, La Peau de chagrin:
- (journalism, by extension) referring to the satirical newspaper Le Canard enchaîné
Further reading
edit- “palmipède”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.