renoille

Old French

Alternative forms

• regnoulle, reinoille, renoulle
  • reneille (suffix substitution, as if *rānicula)
• grenoille, grignoille

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rānucula, diminutive from Latin rāna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəˈnuʎə/, /ɡrəˈnuʎə/

Noun

renoille oblique singular, m (oblique plural renoilles, nominative singular renoilles, nominative plural renoille)

1. frog

Descendants

• Middle French: renouille, grenouille, guernouille
  • French: grenouille

References

• “renoille”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*ranŭcŭla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 58