phalène
French
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editphalène m or f (plural phalènes)
- moth (especially a geometrid moth)
- 1976, Serge Gainsbourg (lyrics and music), “Lunatic Asylum”, in L’homme à tête de chou:
- Mais merde les phalènes, frémissantes de stress / Interceptent en vol mes signaux de détresse, manque de bol
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
edit- “phalène”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.