pellicule
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin pellicula (“small skin or hide”), from pellis (“a skin”) + -cula. Cognate with French pellicule, Spanish película.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɛlɪkjuːl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun edit
pellicule (plural pellicules)
- A thin diaphanous fabric.
- The skin of an onion or other plant.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin pellicula (“small skin or hide”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pellicule f (plural pellicules)
Further reading edit
- “pellicule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.