"encéphale" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ɑ̃.se.fal/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-encéphale.wav Forms: encéphales [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|grc|ἐγκέφαλος||within the head}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), {{m|grc|ἐν||in}} ἐν (en, “in”), {{m|grc|κεφαλή||head}} κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} encéphale m (plural encéphales)
  1. (anatomy) encephalon, brain Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Anatomy Derived forms: encéphalique, encéphalite
    Sense id: en-encéphale-fr-noun-U1N1wHOQ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for encéphale meaning in French (2.2kB)

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