scolopendre
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French scolopendre, from Latin scolopendra/scolopendrium, from Ancient Greek σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra)/σκολόπένδριο (skolópéndrio).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
scolopendre m or f (plural scolopendres)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “scolopendre” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “scolopendre” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “scolopendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin scolopendra/scolopendrium, from Ancient Greek σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra)/σκολόπένδριο (skolópéndrio). Mentioned in Olivier de Serres' Théâtre d'Agriculture et mesnage des champs (1600).[1]
Noun edit
scolopendre f (plural scolopendres)
Descendants edit
- French: scolopendre
References edit
- ^ “scolopendre” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.