parpelyon

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

perpelyon, parpeyon (Bressan) papiyon (Fribourgeois) parpalhoun (Piemontais) parpeyòla (ORB, broad) parpayòla (Piemontais)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pāpiliōnem.

Noun

parpelyon m (plural parpelyons) (ORB, broad)

1. butterfly

References

• papillon in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• parpelyon in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 968: “papillon” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pāpĭlio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 7: N–Pas, page 577