"lutin" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ly.tɛ̃/ Audio: Fr-lutin.ogg Forms: lutins [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French luitin (“mischievous demon”), a variation (with change of suffix) of older luiton, luitun (“marine monster”), itself an alteration (probably after Old French luitier (“to fight”)) of Old French nuiton, which itself was an alteration (after nuit (“night”)) of Old French netun (“marine monster, in rivers and seas”), from Latin Neptunus (“the god Neptune”). Doublet of Neptune. The semantic shift from the Greco-Roman god to a sea monster then evil folkloric creature has its origin in Neptune being reinterpreted as a demon, and so his name was also genericized into a type of monstrous demon during the Christianization of Gaul. Compare Old French gene (“mischievous fairy”) and Romanian zână (“fairy”), derived from Latin Diāna, and French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”). A sermon by Merovingian French bishop St. Eligius (died 659) advises against belief in Neptune, Diana, Orcus and Minerva. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|luitin||mischievous demon|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French luitin (“mischievous demon”), {{inh+|fr|frm|luitin||mischievous demon}} Inherited from Middle French luitin (“mischievous demon”), {{m|fro|luiton|luiton, luitun|marine monster}} luiton, luitun (“marine monster”), {{noncog|fro|luitier||to fight}} Old French luitier (“to fight”), {{m|fro|nuiton}} nuiton, {{m|fr|nuit||night}} nuit (“night”), {{m|fro|netun||marine monster, in rivers and seas}} netun (“marine monster, in rivers and seas”), {{der|fr|la|Neptunus||the god Neptune}} Latin Neptunus (“the god Neptune”), {{doublet|fr|Neptune}} Doublet of Neptune, {{noncog|fro|gene||mischievous fairy}} Old French gene (“mischievous fairy”), {{noncog|ro|zână||fairy}} Romanian zână (“fairy”), {{noncog|la|Diāna}} Latin Diāna, {{noncog|fr|ogre}} French ogre, {{noncog|la|Orcus||the underworld; the god Pluto}} Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} lutin m (plural lutins)
  1. imp, elf, pixie Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-lutin-fr-noun-JRnXiv0A Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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