"amadou" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈæ.mə.duː/
Etymology: From French amadou (“tinder, lure, bait”), from amadouer (“to allure, caress”), perhaps from Icelandic mata (“to feed”), which is akin to English meat. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|amadou||tinder, lure, bait}} French amadou (“tinder, lure, bait”), {{m|fr|amadouer||to allure, caress}} amadouer (“to allure, caress”), {{m|is|mata||to feed}} mata (“to feed”), {{m|en|meat}} meat Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} amadou (uncountable)
  1. A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder. Wikipedia link: amadou Tags: uncountable Synonyms: German tinder [dated] Translations (spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi): vuurswam (Afrikaans), eshkë [masculine] (Albanian), աբեթ (abetʻ) (Armenian), ղավ (ġav) [dialectal] (Armenian), qov (Azerbaijani), taula (Finnish), amadou (French), აბედი (abedi) (Georgian), hubka [feminine] (Polish), трут (trut) (Russian), fnöske [neuter] (Swedish), kav (Turkish), трут (trut) [masculine] (Ukrainian), гу́бка (húbka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Noun [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-amadou.wav Forms: amadous [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French *amadou, from amadouer (“to coax, cajole, rub with touchwood”). Alternatively, often considered to be derived from Provençal amadou, from Latin amātōrem (“lover”). More at amadouer. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|*amadou|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French *amadou, {{inh+|fr|frm|*amadou}} Inherited from Middle French *amadou, {{m|frm|amadouer||to coax, cajole, rub with touchwood}} amadouer (“to coax, cajole, rub with touchwood”), {{bor|fr|oc-pro|amadou}} Provençal amadou, {{der|fr|la|amator|amātōrem|t=lover}} Latin amātōrem (“lover”), {{m|fr|amadouer}} amadouer Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} amadou m (plural amadous)
  1. lure; bait Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-amadou-fr-noun-XeDVvcrT
  2. tinder; kindling; touchwood; spunk Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-amadou-fr-noun-4cc3kBHx Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: amadouer

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.