See also: rainuré

French edit

Etymology edit

From Old French roisner +‎ -ure, from Vulgar Latin *rucina, borrowed from Gaulish *rucina, in turn borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥῠκάνη (rhukánē, plane, a carpenter's tool). According to Beekes,[1] the word is likely of Pre-Greek origin, and probably the source for Latin runcīna.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʁɛ.nyʁ/, /ʁe.nyʁ/

Noun edit

rainure f (plural rainures)

  1. groove

Descendants edit

  • Portuguese: ranhura
  • Spanish: ranura

References edit

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1293

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