éclat

→ English: éclat

→ German: Eklat

Deverbal from éclater (“to burst”), from Middle French esclater (“to break, break violently”), from Old French esclater (“to separate from, sunder out”) (deverbal also in Old French esclat), from Frankish *slaitan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slaitijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to cut up, split”). Akin to Old High German sleizan (“to tear”), Old English slītan (“to split”). More at slice, slit, slate, slat.

der

Il a été blessé par un éclat d’obus.


menhir

Borrowed from Breton maen-hir, from maen (“stone”) + hir (“tall”) (compare Welsh maen hir, Cornish mênhere).


assemblage

(archaeology) assemblage (group of different artifacts found in association with one another)


souterrain

→ English: souterrain

→ Dutch: souterrain

From sou- + terrain, based on the model of Latin subterraneus.


archéologue

fr-noun

archéologue m or f by sense (plural archéologues)

From post-classical Latin archaiologus or its etymon Byzantine Greek ἀρχαιολόγος (arkhaiológos), from Ancient Greek ἀρχαιο- (arkhaio-) + -λογος (-logos). By surface analysis, archéologie + -logue.

surf

archaeologist (someone who is skilled, professes or practices archaeology)


archéologique

(relational) archaeological (relating to the science or research of archaeology)


abbevillien

fr-adj

abbevillien (feminine abbevillienne, masculine plural abbevilliens, feminine plural abbevilliennes)

abbevillienne (feminine)
abbevilliens (masculine plural)
abbevilliennes (feminine plural)


abri sous roche

fr-noun

abri sous roche m (plural abris sous roche)

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capsien

fr-adj

capsien (feminine capsienne, masculine plural capsiens, feminine plural capsiennes)

capsienne (feminine)
capsiens (masculine plural)
capsiennes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin Capsiānus, from Capsa (“Gafsa”) (an oasis city, now in southern Tunisia, site of primary finds) + -iānus (“-ian”).

(archaeology) Capsian, concerning a specific Mediterranean Paleolithic culture


sigillographie

fr-noun

sigillographie f (plural sigillographies)


acheuléen

fr-adj

acheuléen (feminine acheuléenne, masculine plural acheuléens, feminine plural acheuléennes)

acheuléenne (feminine)
acheuléens (masculine plural)
acheuléennes (feminine plural)


magdalénien

magdalénien (feminine magdalénienne, masculine plural magdaléniens, feminine plural magdaléniennes)

magdalénienne (feminine)
magdaléniens (masculine plural)
magdaléniennes (feminine plural)


nécropole

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νεκρόπολις (nekrópolis, “city of the dead”). By surface analysis, nécro- + -pole.

lbor

Ah! cette ville imbécile et mortelle […] Elle prend des aspects de nécropole où les macchabées folâtres auraient licence de grimacer et de gesticuler sous un ciel putride, gonflé comme un égout.

1930, Victor Méric, Les Compagnons de l’Escopette, Paris: Éditions de l’Épi:


archéoastronomie

fr-noun

archéoastronomie f (plural archéoastronomies)


géoarchéologie

géoarchéologie f (plural géoarchéologies)


artéfact

→ Romanian: artefact


situle

Borrowed from Latin situla (“vessel for water”). Doublet of seille.


zooarchéologie

fr-noun

zooarchéologie f (plural zooarchéologies)


dendrochronologie

dendrochronologie f (plural dendrochronologies)


hanout

Borrowed from Arabic حَانُوت (ḥānūt) and its plural حَوَانِيت (ḥawānīt). From Maghrebi Arabic in its “shop” slang sense, itself from Hebrew חָנוּת (ḥānūṯ) and Aramaic חָנוּתָא/ܚܳܢܽܘܬܴܐ (ḥānūṯā).

cog

Hebrew חָנוּת (ḥānūṯ)

der

Aramaic חָנוּתָא

(archaeology) sepulchral chamber in a rock mass, hypogeum


art pariétal

fr-noun

art pariétal m (countable and uncountable, plural arts pariétaux)


peinture rupestre

peinture rupestre f (plural peintures rupestres)


pseudépigraphe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψευδεπίγραφος (pseudepígraphos, “(literally) (with) false superscription”).
By surface analysis, pseud- + épigraphe.

bor+

ψευδεπίγραφος


pseudépigraphe

fr-noun

pseudépigraphe m (plural pseudépigraphes)

bor+

ψευδεπίγραφος


sumérogramme

Le quatrième groupe est celui des dieux guerriers (ᴰZA.BA₄.BA₄). […] Le sumérogramme correspondant au mot hatti Wurunkatte.

1998, Isabelle Klock-Fontanille, Les Hittites (« Que sais-je ? »), page 40:

(linguistics) Sumerogram (a Sumerian cuneiform symbol used as a logogram in another language, such as Akkadian or Hittite)


akkadogramme

On peut séparer les mots qui désignent le roi dans les textes hittites en deux groupes : en effet, dans les textes, les titres apparaissent soit en hittite (ḫaššu-, t/labarna), soit sous la forme d’akkadrogrammes ou de sumérogrammes (LUGAL, LUGAL GAL, ᵁTU^(ŠI)).

1998, Isabelle Klock-Fontanille, Les Hittites (« Que sais-je ? »), page 61:

(linguistics) Akkadogram (an Akkadian word used as a logogram in another language, such as Hittite)


enrocher

enrocher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enrochant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
enroché (participle past)
enroche (first-person indicative present singular)
enroches (indicative present second-person singular)
enroche (indicative present singular third-person)
enrochons (first-person indicative plural present)
enrochez (indicative plural present second-person)
enrochent (indicative plural present third-person)
enrochais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
enrochais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
enrochait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
enrochions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
enrochiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
enrochaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
enrochai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
enrochas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
enrocha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
enrochâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
enrochâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
enrochèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
enrocherai (first-person future indicative singular)
enrocheras (future indicative second-person singular)
enrochera (future indicative singular third-person)
enrocherons (first-person future indicative plural)
enrocherez (future indicative plural second-person)
enrocheront (future indicative plural third-person)
enrocherais (conditional first-person singular)
enrocherais (conditional second-person singular)
enrocherait (conditional singular third-person)
enrocherions (conditional first-person plural)
enrocheriez (conditional plural second-person)
enrocheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
enroche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
enroches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
enroche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
enrochions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
enrochiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
enrochent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
enrochasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
enrochasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
enrochât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
enrochassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
enrochassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
enrochassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
enroche (imperative second-person singular)
enrochons (first-person imperative plural)
enrochez (imperative plural second-person)


gravettien

fr-adj

gravettien (feminine gravettienne, masculine plural gravettiens, feminine plural gravettiennes)

gravettienne (feminine)
gravettiens (masculine plural)
gravettiennes (feminine plural)

Coordinate term: solutréen


Épigravettien

Coined by French prehistorian Georges Laplace in 1958, from épi- (“above”) + Gravettien.

coin

Epigravettian (paleolithic culture following the Gravettian)