topinambour
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
topinambour (plural topinambours)
- Synonym of Jerusalem artichoke
French edit
Etymology edit
From earlier plural forms topinambaux or topinambaulx, from Old Tupi Tupinamba, the name of a South American tribe where the plant was thought to have originated, 1650s.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
topinambour m (plural topinambours)
- Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
- Synonyms: artichaut de Jérusalem, artichaut du Canada, soleil vivace
Descendants edit
- → German: Topinambur
- → Italian: topinambur
- → Portuguese: tupinambor, tupinambo
Further reading edit
- “topinambour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- topinambour on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr