"creature" meaning in Old French

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Noun

Forms: creature oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], creatures [oblique, plural], creature [nominative, singular], creatures [nominative, plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin creātūra. Etymology templates: {{ety|fro|:lbor|la-lat:creātūra<id:creature>}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "creature", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*ḱreh₁eh₂yéti", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱer-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱreh₁-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro", "pos" : "suffix originally used to form collective nouns, extended in Late PIE to also be a marker of feminine gender" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "intransitive verbs", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "creō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "creātūra", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "creature", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" }" data-lang="fro" data-title="creature">, {{lbor|fro|la-lat|creātūra|id=creature}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin creātūra, {{ety|fro|:lbor|la-lat:creātūra<id:creature>}} Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} creature oblique singular, f (oblique plural creatures, nominative singular creature, nominative plural creatures)
  1. creature; being; entity

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for creature meaning in Old French (4.3kB)

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