diamant

diamant oblique singular, m (oblique plural diamanz or diamantz, nominative singular diamanz or diamantz, nominative plural diamant)

diamant oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
diamanz (oblique plural)
diamantz (oblique plural)
diamanz (nominative singular)
diamantz (nominative singular)
diamant (nominative plural)

→ Catalan: diamant

desctree

→ Middle Dutch: diamant
Dutch: diamant
(diamond):
Afrikaans: diamant
→ Sranan Tongo: dyamanti
→ Saramaccan: djamátisítónu
(font size):
→ English: diamond
→ French: diamant
→ German: Diamant
→ Italian: diamante
→ Spanish: diamante

→ Middle English: dyamaunt, diamaunt, diamand, dyamawnte, diamaund, deamaunt
English: diamond
Scots: diamant

Middle French: diamant
French: diamant
→ Czech: diamant
→ Romanian: diamant

→ Irish: diamant

From Late Latin diamas, probably from metathesis of adimas (whence aimant), from Latin adamās, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).


denier

fro-noun

denier oblique singular, m (oblique plural deniers, nominative singular deniers, nominative plural denier)

denier oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
deniers (oblique plural)
deniers (nominative singular)
denier (nominative plural)

Middle French: denier
French: denier

→ English: denier


figue

figue oblique singular, f (oblique plural figues, nominative singular figue, nominative plural figues)

figue oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
figues (oblique plural)
figue (nominative singular)
figues (nominative plural)

Middle French: fige, figue

desctree

French: figue
→ Luxembourgish: Fig
Haitian Creole: fig (“banana”)
⇒ Haitian Creole: fig frans (“fig”)

Walloon: fike

→ Middle English: fige (see there for further descendants)

→ Old High German: fīga (see there for further descendants)

Borrowed from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus. Displaced inherited fie.


countenance

fro-noun

countenance oblique singular, f (oblique plural countenances, nominative singular countenance, nominative plural countenances)

countenance oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
countenances (oblique plural)
countenance (nominative singular)
countenances (nominative plural)

English: countenance

French: contenance

From contenant, the present participle of contenir, with the suffix -ance, corresponding to Late Latin continentia. See also continence.

e moustre par contenance q'il ad honte de ceo q'il ad fet

And he showed by his appearance that he was ashamed of what he had done.


dolor

dolor oblique singular, m (oblique plural dolors, nominative singular dolors, nominative plural dolor)

dolor oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
dolors (oblique plural)
dolors (nominative singular)
dolor (nominative plural)

→ English: dolour

French: douleur f


soupe

soupe oblique singular, f (oblique plural soupes, nominative singular soupe, nominative plural soupes)

soupe oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
soupes (oblique plural)
soupe (nominative singular)
soupes (nominative plural)

soupe des naveux


foi

foi oblique singular, f (oblique plural fois, nominative singular foi, nominative plural fois)

foi oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
fois (oblique plural)
foi (nominative singular)
fois (nominative plural)

desctree

Middle French: foy
French: foi
→ English: foy, Foy

Norman: fouai

→ Middle English: feith, feiþ, feyth, feyt, faith, faythe, fath, fai, fay, faye, fei, fey, feye
English: faith
Scots: faith
Yola: faaighe, faighe, faigh, fythe

sa fei lealment li afie

c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 156 (of the Champion Classiques edition), →ISBN, line 1837:

he loyally pledges his allegiance to him


vit

fro-noun

vit oblique singular, m (oblique plural viz or vitz, nominative singular viz or vitz, nominative plural vit)

vit oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
viz (oblique plural)
vitz (oblique plural)
viz (nominative singular)
vitz (nominative singular)
vit (nominative plural)

French: vit m


confession

confession oblique singular, f (oblique plural confessions, nominative singular confession, nominative plural confessions)

confession oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
confessions (oblique plural)
confession (nominative singular)
confessions (nominative plural)

desctree

French: confession
→ German: Konfession
→ Romanian: confesiune

→ Middle English: confessioun, confession, confessyon, confessyone, confessyown
English: confession

Borrowed from Latin cōnfessiō, cōnfessiōnem.

confession (the disclosure of one's sins to a clergyman for absolution)


mari

fro-noun

mari oblique singular, m (oblique plural maris, nominative singular maris, nominative plural mari)

mari oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
maris (oblique plural)
maris (nominative singular)
mari (nominative plural)

French: mari

Sachiez, ce mes oncles m'esforce
Que je preigne mari a force,
Je m'enfuirai en aucun leu

c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:

Know that if my uncle forces me
To take a husband against my will
I will flee to any place [but here]


poon

poon oblique singular, m (oblique plural poons, nominative singular poons, nominative plural poon)

poon oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
poons (oblique plural)
poons (nominative singular)
poon (nominative plural)


huile

huile oblique singular, f (oblique plural huiles, nominative singular huile, nominative plural huiles)

huile oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
huiles (oblique plural)
huile (nominative singular)
huiles (nominative plural)

Attested with this spelling at least as early as 1260.


lucerne

lucerne oblique singular, f (oblique plural lucernes, nominative singular lucerne, nominative plural lucernes)

lucerne oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
lucernes (oblique plural)
lucerne (nominative singular)
lucernes (nominative plural)

lamp; torch (flame used to provide light)


marche

marche oblique singular, f (oblique plural marches, nominative singular marche, nominative plural marches)

marche oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
marches (oblique plural)
marche (nominative singular)
marches (nominative plural)

desctree

Middle French: marche, marce
French: marche
→ Middle English: marche
English: march

Either directly from Frankish *marku or through Latin marca, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (“edge, boundary”).


seneschal

fro-noun

seneschal oblique singular, m (oblique plural seneschaus or seneschax or seneschals, nominative singular seneschaus or seneschax or seneschals, nominative plural seneschal)

seneschal oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
seneschaus (oblique plural)
seneschax (oblique plural)
seneschals (oblique plural)
seneschaus (nominative singular)
seneschax (nominative singular)
seneschals (nominative singular)
seneschal (nominative plural)

Middle French: seneschal, senechal

French: sénéchal

desc

→ Middle Armenian: սենեսկալ (seneskal), սենէսկալ (senēskal), սենեսջալ (senesǰal), սինիջալ (siniǰal), սինէգալ (sinēgal)

→ Middle Dutch: seneschal, seneschael

Dutch: seneschalk

→ Middle English: seneschal, senescall, seneschall

English: seneschal

Scots: senescall, seneschall (obsolete)

→ Middle High German: seneschalc, sëneschalt, seneschlant, scheneschlant (also possibly from Middle Latin)

German: Seneschall

"Oïl, mout m'an sovient il bien.
Seneschaus, savez vos an rien?

c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

Yes, I remember it well.
Senschal, do you know anything about it?


pore

fro-noun

pore oblique singular, m (oblique plural pores, nominative singular pores, nominative plural pore)

pore oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
pores (oblique plural)
pores (nominative singular)
pore (nominative plural)

Borrowed from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”).


abel

abel oblique singular, m (oblique plural abeaus or abeax or abiaus or abiax or abels, nominative singular abeaus or abeax or abiaus or abiax or abels, nominative plural abel)

abel oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
abeaus (oblique plural)
abeax (oblique plural)
abiaus (oblique plural)
abiax (oblique plural)
abels (oblique plural)
abeaus (nominative singular)
abeax (nominative singular)
abiaus (nominative singular)
abiax (nominative singular)
abels (nominative singular)
abel (nominative plural)

→ English: abele

From Medieval Latin albellus, diminutive of Latin albus (“white”).


conception

conception oblique singular, f (oblique plural conceptions, nominative singular conception, nominative plural conceptions)

conception oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
conceptions (oblique plural)
conception (nominative singular)
conceptions (nominative plural)

desctree

→ Middle English: concepcioun, concepcion, concepciun, concepcyon, consepcioun
English: conception

French: conception

Borrowed from Latin conceptio, conceptionem (“comprehension, understanding”).

bor

Et sont retenus naturellement comme en concepcion

1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):

And they [menses] are naturally retained in the case of conception


joe

fro-noun

joe oblique singular, f (oblique plural joes, nominative singular joe, nominative plural joes)

joe oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
joes (oblique plural)
joe (nominative singular)
joes (nominative plural)

French: joue

Norman: joe

Walloon: gawe

→ Middle English: joue
English: jaw

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *gauta. Attested from ca. 1100 onwards.

jouwe

forms reflecting introduction of antihiatic /w/, raising of /ɔ/ to /u/, or both

gowe

⟨g⟩ either genuine northern /ɡ/ or Anglo-Norman graphy for /d͡ʒ/

giue

unusual; some forms may reflect [ɔw]~[ɔj] interchange; ⟨y⟩ prob. alt. graphy for /d͡ʒ/


tumour

tumour oblique singular, f (oblique plural tumours, nominative singular tumour, nominative plural tumours)

tumour oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
tumours (oblique plural)
tumour (nominative singular)
tumours (nominative plural)

French: tumeur

desctree

→ Middle English: tumour
English: tumour, tumor

1288, Somme Me Gautier
Tumour ou enflour

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

tumor (abnormal swelling of an animal's living tissue)


mie

fro-noun

mie oblique singular, f (oblique plural mies, nominative singular mie, nominative plural mies)

mie oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
mies (oblique plural)
mie (nominative singular)
mies (nominative plural)

French: mie


faute

faute oblique singular, f (oblique plural fautes, nominative singular faute, nominative plural fautes)

faute oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
fautes (oblique plural)
faute (nominative singular)
fautes (nominative plural)

French: faute

→ Dutch: fout

→ Irish: fabht

desctree

→ Middle English: faute, faulte, falte
English: fault
Yola: fout
→ Welsh: ffawt

From Vulgar Latin *fallita, feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō.


mariage

fro-noun

mariage oblique singular, m (oblique plural mariages, nominative singular mariages, nominative plural mariage)

mariage oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
mariages (oblique plural)
mariages (nominative singular)
mariage (nominative plural)

Middle French: mariage

French: mariage

→ Middle English: mariage

English: marriage

→ Middle Armenian: մարիաճ (mariač)


ame

ame oblique singular, f (oblique plural ames, nominative singular ame, nominative plural ames)

ame oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
ames (oblique plural)
ame (nominative singular)
ames (nominative plural)

Middle French: ame
French: âme

Walloon: åme


num

num oblique singular, m (oblique plural nuns, nominative singular nuns, nominative plural num)

num oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
nuns (oblique plural)
nuns (nominative singular)
num (nominative plural)


leon

leon oblique singular, m (oblique plural leons, nominative singular leons, nominative plural leon)

leon oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
leons (oblique plural)
leons (nominative singular)
leon (nominative plural)

Et li leons, qui che esgarde,
De li aidier plus ne se tarde[.]

c. 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au lion:

And the lion who was watching
Did not wait any longer to help him.


talon

talon oblique singular, m (oblique plural talons, nominative singular talons, nominative plural talon)

talon oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
talons (oblique plural)
talons (nominative singular)
talon (nominative plural)

French: talon

Norman: talon (Jersey)

→ Middle English: taloun
English: talon

From Vulgar Latin *talonis, from Latin talus.


paine

paine oblique singular, m (oblique plural paines, nominative singular paines, nominative plural paine)

paine oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
paines (oblique plural)
paines (nominative singular)
paine (nominative plural)


perron

perron oblique singular, m (oblique plural perrons, nominative singular perrons, nominative plural perron)

perron oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
perrons (oblique plural)
perrons (nominative singular)
perron (nominative plural)

→ English: perron


hu

hu oblique singular, m (oblique plural hus, nominative singular hus, nominative plural hu)

hu oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
hus (oblique plural)
hus (nominative singular)
hu (nominative plural)


regent

regent oblique singular, m (oblique plural regens, nominative singular regens, nominative plural regent)

regent oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
regens (oblique plural)
regens (nominative singular)
regent (nominative plural)
regens (masculine singular subjective)
regenz (masculine singular subjective)
regente (feminine singular subjective)
regent (masculine oblique singular)
regente (feminine oblique singular)
regent (masculine plural subjective)
regentes (feminine plural subjective)
regens (masculine oblique plural)
regenz (masculine oblique plural)
regentes (feminine oblique plural)

Middle French: regent

→ English: regent

French: régent

From Latin regēns (“ruling, as a noun, a ruler, governor, prince”); present participle of regō (“I govern, I steer”).

inh

regent (one who reigns in the absence of a monarch)


donjon

fro-noun

donjon oblique singular, m (oblique plural donjons, nominative singular donjons, nominative plural donjon)

donjon oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
donjons (oblique plural)
donjons (nominative singular)
donjon (nominative plural)

French: donjon (see there for further descendants)

Picard: donjôn (Athois)

desctree

→ Middle English: dongeoun
English: dungeon, donjon
Scots: dungeon

→ Medieval Latin: dominiōnus

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dominiōnem. Attested in Old French from ca. 1160. Compare Old Occitan domnhon.
Sense 2 probably a semantic loan from Old English dung (“prison, dungeon”).

sl

Li chiens gardoit par le donjon / Qar mis estoit a grant freor / Quant il ne voiet son seignor.

The dog looked through the keep, for he felt a great terror when he couldn't see his master.

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Oxford University Press
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(Anglo-Norman) keep used as a prison; dungeon


tenement

fro-noun

tenement oblique singular, m (oblique plural tenemenz or tenementz, nominative singular tenemenz or tenementz, nominative plural tenement)

tenement oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
tenemenz (oblique plural)
tenementz (oblique plural)
tenemenz (nominative singular)
tenementz (nominative singular)
tenement (nominative plural)

→ English: tenement

French: tènement

Medieval Latin tenementum, from Latin verb teneō. See the verb tenir.


indien

indien oblique singular, m (oblique plural indiens, nominative singular indiens, nominative plural indien)

indien oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
indiens (oblique plural)
indiens (nominative singular)
indien (nominative plural)


aie

aie oblique singular, f (oblique plural aies, nominative singular aie, nominative plural aies)

aie oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
aies (oblique plural)
aie (nominative singular)
aies (nominative plural)

aïe

diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French


nef

nef oblique singular, f (oblique plural nés, nominative singular nef, nominative plural nés)

nef oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
nés (oblique plural)
nef (nominative singular)
nés (nominative plural)

desctree

Middle French: nef, nau (Parisian dialect)
French: nef (obsolete or poetic)
→ Breton: nev
→ English: nef
Norman: nef

Poitevin-Saintongeais: nau


desport

fro-noun

desport oblique singular, m (oblique plural desporz or desportz, nominative singular desporz or desportz, nominative plural desport)

desport oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
desporz (oblique plural)
desportz (oblique plural)
desporz (nominative singular)
desportz (nominative singular)
desport (nominative plural)


viel

viel oblique singular, m (oblique plural vieus or viex or viels, nominative singular vieus or viex or viels, nominative plural viel)

viel oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
vieus (oblique plural)
viex (oblique plural)
viels (oblique plural)
vieus (nominative singular)
viex (nominative singular)
viels (nominative singular)
viel (nominative plural)

Middle French: vieulx
French: vieux

Walloon: vî

Inherited from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus.


automne

automne oblique singular, m (oblique plural automnes, nominative singular automnes, nominative plural automne)

automne oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
automnes (oblique plural)
automnes (nominative singular)
automne (nominative plural)

Middle French: automne
French: automne

desctree

→ Middle English: autumpne
English: autumn
Scots: autumn


griffon

fro-noun

griffon oblique singular, m (oblique plural griffons, nominative singular griffons, nominative plural griffon)

griffon oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
griffons (oblique plural)
griffons (nominative singular)
griffon (nominative plural)

desctree

Middle English: griffoun, griphon, grefoun, gryffoun, gryffone, gryffon, grifown, griphonne, gryffyn, griffone, grefyne
English: griffin, griffon, gryphon

French: griffon

From grif + -on, from Latin gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).

griffin (person of Greek, Middle Eastern or Asian descent)


hui

Middle French: hui

⇒ French: d’hui (in fixed expressions), aujourd’hui (see there for further descendants)

Walloon: ouy


puis

fro-noun

puis oblique singular, m (oblique plural puis, nominative singular puis, nominative plural puis)

puis oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
puis (oblique plural)
puis (nominative singular)
puis (nominative plural)

French: puits


bote

bote oblique singular, f (oblique plural botes, nominative singular bote, nominative plural botes)

bote oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
botes (oblique plural)
bote (nominative singular)
botes (nominative plural)

French: botte

desctree

→ Middle English: bote
English: boot
→ Scots: boot
Scots: bute, buit

q

from the plural <i class="Latn mention" lang="frm">botes</i>

→ Irish: buatais (from the plural botes)

Perhaps of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bautan (“to strike”).

boot (specifically, a high-sided leather shoe that also covers the bottom of the leg)


bote

fro-noun

bote oblique singular, m (oblique plural botes, nominative singular botes, nominative plural bote)

bote oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
botes (oblique plural)
botes (nominative singular)
bote (nominative plural)


carpel

carpel oblique singular, m (oblique plural carpiaus, nominative singular carpiaus, nominative plural carpel)

carpel oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
carpiaus (oblique plural)
carpiaus (nominative singular)
carpel (nominative plural)

French: carpeau


ef

ef oblique singular, m or f (oblique plural es, nominative singular es, nominative plural ef)

ef oblique singular or (canonical feminine masculine)
es (oblique plural)
es (nominative singular)
ef (nominative plural)

Picard: é


malice

malice oblique singular, f (oblique plural malices, nominative singular malice, nominative plural malices)

malice oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
malices (oblique plural)
malice (nominative singular)
malices (nominative plural)

→ Middle English: malice

English: malice

French: malice

→ Irish: mailís


refuge

refuge oblique singular, m (oblique plural refuges, nominative singular refuges, nominative plural refuge)

refuge oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
refuges (oblique plural)
refuges (nominative singular)
refuge (nominative plural)

French: refuge
→ Turkish: refüj

desctree

→ Middle English: refuge, reffuge, reyfuge
English: refuge


seisin

fro-noun

seisin oblique singular, m (oblique plural seisins, nominative singular seisins, nominative plural seisin)

seisin oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
seisins (oblique plural)
seisins (nominative singular)
seisin (nominative plural)

→ English: seisin


amie

amie oblique singular, f (oblique plural amies, nominative singular amie, nominative plural amies)

amie oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
amies (oblique plural)
amie (nominative singular)
amies (nominative plural)

Middle French: amye

French: amie


juge

juge oblique singular, m (oblique plural juges, nominative singular juges, nominative plural juge)

juge oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
juges (oblique plural)
juges (nominative singular)
juge (nominative plural)

French: juge

Norman: juge (Jersey)

Walloon: djudje

desctree

→ Middle English: juge, jugge, iuge
English: judge (see there for further descendants)
Scots: judge, juige
Yola: jooudge

Inherited from Latin iūdicem, jūdicem. Cognate with Old Spanish juez and Old Galician-Portuguese juiz.


indigence

fro-noun

indigence oblique singular, f (oblique plural indigences, nominative singular indigence, nominative plural indigences)

indigence oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
indigences (oblique plural)
indigence (nominative singular)
indigences (nominative plural)

English: indigence

French: indigence

Learned borrowing from Latin indigentia.


cras

cras oblique singular, m (oblique plural cras, nominative singular cras, nominative plural cras)

cras oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
cras (oblique plural)
cras (nominative singular)
cras (nominative plural)

French: gras, crasse

→ English: crass


resonance

resonance oblique singular, f (oblique plural resonances, nominative singular resonance, nominative plural resonances)

resonance oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
resonances (oblique plural)
resonance (nominative singular)
resonances (nominative plural)

Latin resonantia (“echo”), from resonō (“I resound”).


resonance

reason (logic, thinking behind an idea or concept)


menton

menton oblique singular, m (oblique plural mentons, nominative singular mentons, nominative plural menton)

menton oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
mentons (oblique plural)
mentons (nominative singular)
menton (nominative plural)

desctree

French: menton
→ English: menton
→ Esperanto: mentono
Ido: mentono
→ Spanish: mentón

From Vulgar Latin *mentō (accusative *mentōnem), from Classical Latin mentum.


carbuncle

fro-noun

carbuncle oblique singular, m (oblique plural carbuncles, nominative singular carbuncles, nominative plural carbuncle)

carbuncle oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
carbuncles (oblique plural)
carbuncles (nominative singular)
carbuncle (nominative plural)

→ Middle English: carbuncle

carbuncle (deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone)


nombre

nombre oblique singular, m (oblique plural nombres, nominative singular nombres, nominative plural nombre)

nombre oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
nombres (oblique plural)
nombres (nominative singular)
nombre (nominative plural)


veille

veille oblique singular, f (oblique plural veilles, nominative singular veille, nominative plural veilles)

veille oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
veilles (oblique plural)
veille (nominative singular)
veilles (nominative plural)

French: vrille

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vĭtīcula, from Late Latin vītīcula, from Classical Latin vītĭcula.
The reason for the development of a variant verille is unclear.


jai

jai oblique singular, m (oblique plural jais, nominative singular jais, nominative plural jai)

jai oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
jais (oblique plural)
jais (nominative singular)
jai (nominative plural)

French: geai

Norman: geai

desctree

→ Middle English: jay, gaye, jai, jey
English: jay
Scots: jay

From Late Latin gaius (“jay”), or a variant of gai (“joyous, cheerful”).


parlance

fro-noun

parlance oblique singular, f (oblique plural parlances, nominative singular parlance, nominative plural parlances)

parlance oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
parlances (oblique plural)
parlance (nominative singular)
parlances (nominative plural)

English: parlance

parler + -ance, or from Latin parabolantia.


bracelet

bracelet oblique singular, m (oblique plural bracelez or braceletz, nominative singular bracelez or braceletz, nominative plural bracelet)

bracelet oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
bracelez (oblique plural)
braceletz (oblique plural)
bracelez (nominative singular)
braceletz (nominative singular)
bracelet (nominative plural)

→ English: bracelet

desctree

Middle French: bracelet
French: bracelet
→ Portuguese: bracelete

→ Irish: bráisléad

Norman: brâcelet


peine

fro-noun

peine oblique singular, f (oblique plural peines, nominative singular peine, nominative plural peines)

peine oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
peines (oblique plural)
peine (nominative singular)
peines (nominative plural)

French: peine

→ English: pain

From Latin poena, from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ).


langur

la peine qu'ad e la dolur
e coment il gist en langur

c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 222, lines 2920–1:

the pain and the anguish that he has
and how his is lying in languor

(Anglo-Norman) languor (weakness due to illness)


fois

fois oblique singular, f (oblique plural fois, nominative singular fois, nominative plural fois)

fois oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
fois (oblique plural)
fois (nominative singular)
fois (nominative plural)


tro

tro oblique singular, m (oblique plural tros, nominative singular tros, nominative plural tro)

tro oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
tros (oblique plural)
tros (nominative singular)
tro (nominative plural)

French: trou

From Vulgar Latin *traucum (“hole”) (compare Late Latin traugum in the Capitularies of Charlemagne). Further origin uncertain. Possibly of Germanic or Celtic origin. Compare German Trog (“trough”), English trug, trough, all from Proto-Germanic *trugaz.


duc

duc oblique singular, m (oblique plural dus, nominative singular dus, nominative plural duc)

duc oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
dus (oblique plural)
dus (nominative singular)
duc (nominative plural)

desctree

Middle French: duc
French: duc
→ Arabic: دُوق (dūq)
→ English: duc
→ Persian: دوک (duk)
→ Turkish: dük

Norman: du, duc (Jersey)

→ Catalan: duc

→ Middle English: duk
English: duke
Scots: duik, duke
→ Breton: duk
→ Cornish: duk
→ Irish: diúc
→ Manx: duic
→ Scottish Gaelic: diùc
→ Welsh: dug

→ Portuguese: duque

→ Spanish: duque

Learned borrowing from Latin dux, ducem.


sorte

fro-noun

sorte oblique singular, f (oblique plural sortes, nominative singular sorte, nominative plural sortes)

sorte oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
sortes (oblique plural)
sorte (nominative singular)
sortes (nominative plural)

→ English: sort

desctree

French: sorte
→ Central Franconian: Zoot, Zort (chiefly Moselle Franconian)
→ Danish: sort
→ German: Sorte
→ Russian: сорт (sort)
→ Yiddish: סאָרט (sort)

Norman: sorte

→ Scots: sort

Borrowed from Latin sors, sortem. Compare the inherited sort.


tribunal

fro-noun

tribunal oblique singular, m (oblique plural tribunaus or tribunax or tribunals, nominative singular tribunaus or tribunax or tribunals, nominative plural tribunal)

tribunal oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
tribunaus (oblique plural)
tribunax (oblique plural)
tribunals (oblique plural)
tribunaus (nominative singular)
tribunax (nominative singular)
tribunals (nominative singular)
tribunal (nominative plural)


mein

mein oblique singular, f (oblique plural meinz, nominative singular mein, nominative plural meinz)

mein oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
meinz (oblique plural)
mein (nominative singular)
meinz (nominative plural)


remembrance

remembrance oblique singular, f (oblique plural remembrances, nominative singular remembrance, nominative plural remembrances)

remembrance oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
remembrances (oblique plural)
remembrance (nominative singular)
remembrances (nominative plural)

→ English: remembrance

French: remembrance


acer

acer oblique singular, m (nominative singular acers)

acer oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
acers (nominative singular)


gingembre

gingembre oblique singular, m (oblique plural gingembres, nominative singular gingembres, nominative plural gingembre)

gingembre oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
gingembres (oblique plural)
gingembres (nominative singular)
gingembre (nominative plural)

French: gingembre

Norman: gengivre

Inherited from Late Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiberī.


discretion

discretion oblique singular, f (oblique plural discretions, nominative singular discretion, nominative plural discretions)

discretion oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
discretions (oblique plural)
discretion (nominative singular)
discretions (nominative plural)

l’ung ou l’autre selon la discretion du medicin.

one or the other according to the discretion of the doctor.

discretion (ability to make one's own judgments)


arson

arson oblique singular, m (oblique plural arsons, nominative singular arsons, nominative plural arson)

arson oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
arsons (oblique plural)
arsons (nominative singular)
arson (nominative plural)

From the verb ardre, ardoir, from Latin ardeō.


fet

fet oblique singular, m (oblique plural fez or fetz, nominative singular fez or fetz, nominative plural fet)

fet oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
fez (oblique plural)
fetz (oblique plural)
fez (nominative singular)
fetz (nominative singular)
fet (nominative plural)

→ English: feat

Middle French: fait, faict

French: fait


collation

collation oblique singular, f (oblique plural collations, nominative singular collation, nominative plural collations)

collation oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
collations (oblique plural)
collation (nominative singular)
collations (nominative plural)

desctree

Middle French: collation
French: collation

→ English: collation

→ Middle Irish: coláision


trebuchet

fro-noun

trebuchet oblique singular, m (oblique plural trebuchez or trebuchetz, nominative singular trebuchez or trebuchetz, nominative plural trebuchet)

trebuchet oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
trebuchez (oblique plural)
trebuchetz (oblique plural)
trebuchez (nominative singular)
trebuchetz (nominative singular)
trebuchet (nominative plural)

English: trebuchet

French: trébuchet


bras

bras oblique singular, m (oblique plural bras, nominative singular bras, nominative plural bras)

bras oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
bras (oblique plural)
bras (nominative singular)
bras (nominative plural)

Middle French: bras

French: bras

Norman: bras

From Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).


mund

mund oblique singular, m (oblique plural munz or muntz, nominative singular munz or muntz, nominative plural mund)

mund oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
munz (oblique plural)
muntz (oblique plural)
munz (nominative singular)
muntz (nominative singular)
mund (nominative plural)


crevice

crevice oblique singular, f (oblique plural crevices, nominative singular crevice, nominative plural crevices)

crevice oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
crevices (oblique plural)
crevice (nominative singular)
crevices (nominative plural)

desc

Middle French: escrevice, escrevisse, escrevisce, crevis, creviche, crevice

French: écrevisse

→ Middle Dutch: crevetse

desctree

→ Middle English: crevis, crevyse, creuez, crevez, crevise, creveys, crevesse, krevys
English: crevis; crayfish, crawfish (influenced by fish)

From either Frankish *krebitja (“crayfish”), diminutive of *krebit (“crab”), from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz (“crab, cancer”), from Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-, *gerebʰ- (“to scratch, crawl”), or from Old High German krebiz (“edible crustacean, crab”) (German Krebs (“crab”)), from the same source. Cognate with Middle Low German krēvet (“crab”), Dutch kreeft (“crayfish, lobster”), Old English crabba (“crab”).


soie

fro-noun

soie oblique singular, f (oblique plural soies, nominative singular soie, nominative plural soies)

soie oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
soies (oblique plural)
soie (nominative singular)
soies (nominative plural)

Middle French: soye

French: soie

Norman: souaie


glaire

→ English: glair

French: glaire


olifant

olifant oblique singular, m (oblique plural olifanz or olifantz, nominative singular olifanz or olifantz, nominative plural olifant)

olifant oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
olifanz (oblique plural)
olifantz (oblique plural)
olifanz (nominative singular)
olifantz (nominative singular)
olifant (nominative plural)


eche

eche oblique singular, ? (oblique plural eches, nominative singular eche, nominative plural eches)

eche oblique singular (canonical)
eches (oblique plural)
eche (nominative singular)
eches (nominative plural)

(Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of esche (fishing hook)


eche

eche oblique singular, ? (nominative singular eche)

eche oblique singular (canonical)
eche (nominative singular)

(Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of esche (tinder)


dé

dé oblique singular, m (oblique plural dez, nominative singular dez, nominative plural dé)

dé oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
dez (oblique plural)
dez (nominative singular)
dé (nominative plural)

die (cube with numbers or symbols on each face)


dete

dete oblique singular, f (oblique plural detes, nominative singular dete, nominative plural detes)

dete oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
detes (oblique plural)
dete (nominative singular)
detes (nominative plural)

Middle French: debte

French: dette

→ Italian: detta

→ Middle English: dette, debte

English: debt

From Vulgar Latin *depta, contracted from Latin debita. The early contraction possibly also underlies in Old Occitan deuta, whereas Old Spanish debda was contracted at a later stage.

Ele paioit por li la dete.


amant

amant oblique singular, m (oblique plural amanz or amantz, nominative singular amanz or amantz, nominative plural amant)

amant oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
amanz (oblique plural)
amantz (oblique plural)
amanz (nominative singular)
amantz (nominative singular)
amant (nominative plural)

From Latin amans, present participle of amō.


amant

amant oblique singular, ? (oblique plural amanz or amantz, nominative singular amant, nominative plural amanz or amantz)

amant oblique singular (canonical)
amanz (oblique plural)
amantz (oblique plural)
amant (nominative singular)
amanz (nominative plural)
amantz (nominative plural)

(Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of adamant


mantel

mantel oblique singular, m (oblique plural manteaus or manteax or mantiaus or mantiax or mantels, nominative singular manteaus or manteax or mantiaus or mantiax or mantels, nominative plural mantel)

mantel oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
manteaus (oblique plural)
manteax (oblique plural)
mantiaus (oblique plural)
mantiax (oblique plural)
mantels (oblique plural)
manteaus (nominative singular)
manteax (nominative singular)
mantiaus (nominative singular)
mantiax (nominative singular)
mantels (nominative singular)
mantel (nominative plural)

French: manteau (see there for further descendants)

Norman: manté

→ Middle English: mantel (in part)

From Late Latin mantēllum (“covering, cloak”), diminutive of mantum.

der

Fiert si que lo mantel li tranche

c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:


droit

fro-noun

droit oblique singular, m (oblique plural droiz or droitz, nominative singular droiz or droitz, nominative plural droit)

droit oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
droiz (oblique plural)
droitz (oblique plural)
droiz (nominative singular)
droitz (nominative singular)
droit (nominative plural)

Inherited from Late Latin drictus, syncopated form of Latin dīrēctus.


doit

doit oblique singular, m (oblique plural doiz or doitz, nominative singular doiz or doitz, nominative plural doit)

doit oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
doiz (oblique plural)
doitz (oblique plural)
doiz (nominative singular)
doitz (nominative singular)
doit (nominative plural)

Angevin: daigt

Lorrain: dogt

desctree

Middle French: doigt
French: doigt
Haitian Creole: dwèt

Norman: deigt, dé

Picard: doét

Walloon: doet


matin

fro-noun

matin oblique singular, m (oblique plural matins, nominative singular matins, nominative plural matin)

matin oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
matins (oblique plural)
matins (nominative singular)
matin (nominative plural)


comte

comte oblique singular, m (oblique plural comtes, nominative singular cuens, nominative plural comte)

comte oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
comtes (oblique plural)
cuens (nominative singular)
comte (nominative plural)

→ English: count

Middle French: conte

French: comte

From Latin comitem, accusative singular of comes (the nominative singular cuens or cons is from the Latin nominative comes).


quadrangle

quadrangle oblique singular, m (oblique plural quadrangles, nominative singular quadrangles, nominative plural quadrangle)

quadrangle oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
quadrangles (oblique plural)
quadrangles (nominative singular)
quadrangle (nominative plural)


chasse

chasse oblique singular, f (oblique plural chasses, nominative singular chasse, nominative plural chasses)

chasse oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
chasses (oblique plural)
chasse (nominative singular)
chasses (nominative plural)

French: châsse
→ English: chase

→ Middle English: chasse

English: chasse

From Late Latin capsa, from Classical Latin capsus.


nes

nes oblique singular, m (oblique plural nes, nominative singular nes, nominative plural nes)

nes oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
nes (oblique plural)
nes (nominative singular)
nes (nominative plural)


nes

Alternative spelling of nés, oblique/nominative plural of nef (“ship”)


partie

partie oblique singular, f (oblique plural parties, nominative singular partie, nominative plural parties)

partie oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
parties (oblique plural)
partie (nominative singular)
parties (nominative plural)

Past participle of partir, Latin partīta.


potage

potage oblique singular, m (oblique plural potages, nominative singular potages, nominative plural potage)

potage oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
potages (oblique plural)
potages (nominative singular)
potage (nominative plural)

desctree

→ Middle English: potage, potache, pottage, potege (all rare)
English: pottage; porridge
Scots: pottage; parritch
Yola: porachès (plural)

French: potage
→ Catalan: potatge
→ Spanish: potaje

→ Welsh: potes


unde

fro-noun

unde oblique singular, f (oblique plural undes, nominative singular unde, nominative plural undes)

unde oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
undes (oblique plural)
unde (nominative singular)
undes (nominative plural)

French: onde


rancour

rancour oblique singular, f (oblique plural rancours, nominative singular rancour, nominative plural rancours)

rancour oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
rancours (oblique plural)
rancour (nominative singular)
rancours (nominative plural)

il se douterent qe nous eussiens conceu vers eux rancour & indignacion


curvature

curvature oblique singular, f (oblique plural curvatures, nominative singular curvature, nominative plural curvatures)

curvature oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
curvatures (oblique plural)
curvature (nominative singular)
curvatures (nominative plural)

English: curvature


sourcil

sourcil oblique singular, m (oblique plural sourciz or sourcilz, nominative singular sourciz or sourcilz, nominative plural sourcil)

sourcil oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
sourciz (oblique plural)
sourcilz (oblique plural)
sourciz (nominative singular)
sourcilz (nominative singular)
sourcil (nominative plural)

Middle French: sourcil

French: sourcil


faille

faille oblique singular, f (oblique plural failles, nominative singular faille, nominative plural failles)

faille oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
failles (oblique plural)
faille (nominative singular)
failles (nominative plural)

French: faille

Le sairemant sor sainte Eglise
Li fet qu’il revandra sanz faille.


engin

engin oblique singular, m (oblique plural engins, nominative singular engins, nominative plural engin)

engin oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
engins (oblique plural)
engins (nominative singular)
engin (nominative plural)

Middle French: engin m

French: engin m

Norman: engîn m

desctree

→ Middle English: engyn (via Insular French)
English: engine
→ Afrikaans: enjin
→ Bengali: ইঞ্জিন (injin)
→ Hindi: इंजन (iñjan)
→ Iban: injin
→ Japanese: エンジン
→ Hakka: 引擎 (ên-chín)
→ Min Nan: 引擎 (ia̋n-jín)
→ Korean: 엔진 (enjin)
→ Malay: enjin
Indonesian: enjin
→ Scottish Gaelic: einnsean
→ Swahili: injini
→ Shanghainese: 引擎 (in¹-jin⁶)
→ Chinese: 引擎 (yǐnqíng)

→ Scots: ingine


ost

Middle French: ost

French: ost (archaic)


ostur

fro-noun

ostur oblique singular, m (oblique plural osturs, nominative singular osturs, nominative plural ostur)

ostur oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
osturs (oblique plural)
osturs (nominative singular)
ostur (nominative plural)

ove ses dras, a ses oisels,
dunt il ad de bons e de bels.
En sun pung prent un grant ostur
e un drap d'estrange culur

c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 214, lines 2814–7:

with his cloths and his birds
among which a number of fine ones
he takes a large goshawk in his hand
and a cloth of a strange color


pillage

pillage oblique singular, m (oblique plural pillages, nominative singular pillages, nominative plural pillage)

pillage oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
pillages (oblique plural)
pillages (nominative singular)
pillage (nominative plural)

→ English: pillage


guerre

guerre oblique singular, f (oblique plural guerres, nominative singular guerre, nominative plural guerres)

guerre oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
guerres (oblique plural)
guerre (nominative singular)
guerres (nominative plural)

Bourguignon: guârre, gârre, gârre

Middle French: guerre (see there for further descendants)

desc

Norman: gùerre, dgèrre (Jersey), djère, guère (Guernsey), gyer (Sark)

Picard: guère

Walloon: guere, guêre, guére, guère

desctree

→ Old English: werre
Middle English: werre, ware, wær, weer, weorre, wer, were, werr, weyr, worre
English: war
Scots: wer, weir, war

From Early Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).


corrosion

fro-noun

corrosion oblique singular, f (oblique plural corrosions, nominative singular corrosion, nominative plural corrosions)

corrosion oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
corrosions (oblique plural)
corrosion (nominative singular)
corrosions (nominative plural)

From Late Latin corrōsiōnem, from Latin corrōdō (“gnaw away, corrode”).

corrosion qui est du cartilage qui est entre les trous des nazilles

corrosion which is of the cartilage between the wholes in the nostrils


juin

juin oblique singular, m (oblique plural juinz, nominative singular juinz, nominative plural juin)

juin oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
juinz (oblique plural)
juinz (nominative singular)
juin (nominative plural)

desctree

French: juin
Haitian Creole: jen
→ Iranian Persian: ژوئن (žu'an)
→ South Azerbaijani: ژوئن (juən)
→ Tunisian Arabic: جوان (juān)

Norman: juîn, juin, djwĩ

Walloon: djun

Middle English: juyn, juyng

⇒ Middle English: june (relatinized)

English: June (see there for further descendants)

Scots: Juin


taille

fro-noun

taille oblique singular, f (oblique plural tailles, nominative singular taille, nominative plural tailles)

taille oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
tailles (oblique plural)
taille (nominative singular)
tailles (nominative plural)

Middle French: taille

desctree

French: taille
→ Danish: talje
→ Russian: та́лия (tálija)

→ English: taille

→ Irish: táille

→ Middle English: talie

English: tally

cut; wound; incision (result of being cut)

a count kept by carving notches into a stick


teste

fro-noun

teste oblique singular, f (oblique plural testes, nominative singular teste, nominative plural testes)

teste oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
testes (oblique plural)
teste (nominative singular)
testes (nominative plural)

Middle French: teste
French: tête

Norman: tête, teet (Sark)

Walloon: tiesse

La teste li eüst copee


prod

prod oblique singular, m (nominative singular proz)

prod oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
proz (nominative singular)

(early Old French) Alternative form of pro


savour

savour oblique singular, m (oblique plural savours, nominative singular savours, nominative plural savour)

savour oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
savours (oblique plural)
savours (nominative singular)
savour (nominative plural)

French: saveur
→ Romanian: savoare

desctree

→ Middle English: savour
English: savour, savor


noel

fro-noun

noel oblique singular, m (oblique plural noeaus or noeax or noiaus or noiax or noels, nominative singular noeaus or noeax or noiaus or noiax or noels, nominative plural noel)

noel oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
noeaus (oblique plural)
noeax (oblique plural)
noiaus (oblique plural)
noiax (oblique plural)
noels (oblique plural)
noeaus (nominative singular)
noeax (nominative singular)
noiaus (nominative singular)
noiax (nominative singular)
noels (nominative singular)
noel (nominative plural)

A variant of nael, from the Latin adjective nātālis (“natal, having to do with birth”).


aimas

aimas oblique singular, ? (oblique plural aimas, nominative singular aimas, nominative plural aimas)

aimas oblique singular (canonical)
aimas (oblique plural)
aimas (nominative singular)
aimas (nominative plural)


aimant

aimant oblique singular, ? (oblique plural aimanz or aimantz, nominative singular aimant, nominative plural aimanz or aimantz)

aimant oblique singular (canonical)
aimanz (oblique plural)
aimantz (oblique plural)
aimant (nominative singular)
aimanz (nominative plural)
aimantz (nominative plural)


foison

foison oblique singular, f (oblique plural foisons, nominative singular foison, nominative plural foisons)

foison oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
foisons (oblique plural)
foison (nominative singular)
foisons (nominative plural)

Middle French: foison

French: foison

desctree

→ Middle English: foisoun
English: foison


serein

fro-noun

serein oblique singular, m (oblique plural sereinz, nominative singular sereinz, nominative plural serein)

serein oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
sereinz (oblique plural)
sereinz (nominative singular)
serein (nominative plural)

French: serein


cheveu

cheveu oblique singular, m (oblique plural cheveus, nominative singular cheveus, nominative plural cheveu)

cheveu oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
cheveus (oblique plural)
cheveus (nominative singular)
cheveu (nominative plural)

Bourguignon: cheveu

Middle French: cheveu
French: cheveu

Lorrain: tchavou

Norman: g'veu, queveu

Picard: caviau (Artois), cavieu (Picardy)

Walloon: tchvea

From earlier chevel, from Latin capillus, capillum.


guerdon

guerdon oblique singular, m (oblique plural guerdons, nominative singular guerdons, nominative plural guerdon)

guerdon oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
guerdons (oblique plural)
guerdons (nominative singular)
guerdon (nominative plural)


barbel

barbel oblique singular, m (oblique plural barbeaus or barbeax or barbiaus or barbiax or barbels, nominative singular barbeaus or barbeax or barbiaus or barbiax or barbels, nominative plural barbel)

barbel oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
barbeaus (oblique plural)
barbeax (oblique plural)
barbiaus (oblique plural)
barbiax (oblique plural)
barbels (oblique plural)
barbeaus (nominative singular)
barbeax (nominative singular)
barbiaus (nominative singular)
barbiax (nominative singular)
barbels (nominative singular)
barbel (nominative plural)

French: barbelé

From barbe + -el, or by analogy from Latin barbula.

barb (something which stands out with a sharp point)


barbel

French: barbeau

Walloon: bårbea

→ English: barbel

→ Middle Dutch: barbeel

Dutch: barbeel

From Vulgar Latin *barbellus, from Late Latin barbulus, diminutive of Latin barbus (“a type of fish”).


foie

foie oblique singular, m (oblique plural foies, nominative singular foies, nominative plural foie)

foie oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
foies (oblique plural)
foies (nominative singular)
foie (nominative plural)

French: foie

Norman: faie

From earlier feie, from Late Latin fīcātum (“liver”), from Latin iecur fīcātum (“fig-stuffed liver”).


visitation

fro-noun

visitation oblique singular, f (oblique plural visitations, nominative singular visitation, nominative plural visitations)

visitation oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
visitations (oblique plural)
visitation (nominative singular)
visitations (nominative plural)

visitation (visit in order to inspect something)


durance

durance oblique singular, f (oblique plural durances, nominative singular durance, nominative plural durances)

durance oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
durances (oblique plural)
durance (nominative singular)
durances (nominative plural)

Si prent on tost tele acointance
Qui puet avoir peu de durance

c. 1289, Jacques d'Amiens, L'art d'amours:


tapiz

tapiz oblique singular, m (oblique plural tapiz, nominative singular tapiz, nominative plural tapiz)

tapiz oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
tapiz (oblique plural)
tapiz (nominative singular)
tapiz (nominative plural)

desctree

Middle French: tapiz
French: tapis
→ Nafaanra: tapis

→ Catalan: tapís

→ Spanish: tapiz

From Vulgar Latin *tappetium, from Latin tapēs, tapētem or from Byzantine Greek ταπήτιον (tapḗtion), from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs), from an Iranian source.

Sor .I. tapiz devant son lit
Dormoit souvent a grant delit

On a carpet in front of his bed
He often slept very well


soif

French: soif


rigor

fro-noun

rigor oblique singular, f (oblique plural rigors, nominative singular rigor, nominative plural rigors)

rigor oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
rigors (oblique plural)
rigor (nominative singular)
rigors (nominative plural)

English: rigor, rigour

French: rigueur


brachet

brachet oblique singular, m (oblique plural brachez or brachetz, nominative singular brachez or brachetz, nominative plural brachet)

brachet oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
brachez (oblique plural)
brachetz (oblique plural)
brachez (nominative singular)
brachetz (nominative singular)
brachet (nominative plural)

→ English: brachet

Diminutive of Old French and Old Occitan brac (“hound”), from Old High German and Frankish *brakko, from Proto-Germanic *brak (“dog that hunts by scent”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂g- (“to smell”). Cognate with Old High German braccho.

der

hunting dog trained to follow the scent of an animal


vigor

fro-noun

vigor oblique singular, m (oblique plural vigors, nominative singular vigors, nominative plural vigor)

vigor oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
vigors (oblique plural)
vigors (nominative singular)
vigor (nominative plural)


dolour

dolour oblique singular, f (oblique plural dolours, nominative singular dolour, nominative plural dolours)

dolour oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
dolours (oblique plural)
dolour (nominative singular)
dolours (nominative plural)

qi purroit penser ou ymaginer la dolour et les peynes qe vous, ma douz Dame, endurastes.

Who could think of or imagine the pain and the suffering that you, my dear lady, have endured.


honte

honte oblique singular, f (oblique plural hontes, nominative singular honte, nominative plural hontes)

honte oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
hontes (oblique plural)
honte (nominative singular)
hontes (nominative plural)

Middle French: honte

French: honte

→ Middle English: hountee, honteye

→ Italian: unta, onta

→ Old Catalan: onta

Catalan: honta, onta

→ Old Occitan: anta, onta, honta

Occitan: onta

From Early Medieval Latin haunta, borrowed from Frankish *haunitha.


mois

mois oblique singular, m (oblique plural mois, nominative singular mois, nominative plural mois)

mois oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
mois (oblique plural)
mois (nominative singular)
mois (nominative plural)

Middle French: moys

French: mois

Norman: mais (Jersey), meis (Guernsey, continental Normandy)

Walloon: moes


cours

cours oblique singular, m (oblique plural cours, nominative singular cours, nominative plural cours)

cours oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
cours (oblique plural)
cours (nominative singular)
cours (nominative plural)

Middle French: cours

French:

desctree

cours
→ Japanese: クール (kūru)
→ English: cours, cour
→ Luxembourgish: Cours
→ Ottoman Turkish: قورس (kurs)
Turkish: kur, kurs
→ Vietnamese: cua

course
→ Catalan: cursa
→ Dutch: koers
→ Romanian: cursă
→ Swedish: kosa
→ Vietnamese: cuốc

→ Middle Dutch: coers

Dutch: koers
→ Indonesian: kurs (“exchange rate”)

Norman: course

→ Irish: cúrsa

→ Middle English: cours, cors, cource, course, cowrs, cowrse, curs, kours
English: course
→ Gulf Arabic: كورس (kōrs)
Scots: coorse
→ Welsh: cwrs


prerogative

fro-noun

prerogative oblique singular, f (oblique plural prerogatives, nominative singular prerogative, nominative plural prerogatives)

prerogative oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
prerogatives (oblique plural)
prerogative (nominative singular)
prerogatives (nominative plural)

desctree

Middle French: (possibly) prerogative f
French: prérogative f
→ Romanian: prerogativă f

desc

> Anglo-Norman: prerogative f (inherited)

→ English: prerogative

First known attestation 1234 by Huon de Meri in Le tornoiement de l'Antéchrist. Borrowed from Latin praerogātīva (“previous verdict; claim, privilege”).


benefice

fro-noun

benefice oblique singular, m (oblique plural benefices, nominative singular benefices, nominative plural benefice)

benefice oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
benefices (oblique plural)
benefices (nominative singular)
benefice (nominative plural)


plenitude

plenitude oblique singular, f (oblique plural plenitudes, nominative singular plenitude, nominative plural plenitudes)

plenitude oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
plenitudes (oblique plural)
plenitude (nominative singular)
plenitudes (nominative plural)

→ English: plenitude

French: plénitude


soler

soler oblique singular, m (oblique plural solers, nominative singular solers, nominative plural soler)

soler oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
solers (oblique plural)
solers (nominative singular)
soler (nominative plural)

French: soulier


ennemi

ennemi oblique singular, m (oblique plural ennemis, nominative singular ennemis, nominative plural ennemi)

ennemi oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
ennemis (oblique plural)
ennemis (nominative singular)
ennemi (nominative plural)


savor

savor oblique singular, f (oblique plural savors, nominative singular savor, nominative plural savors)

savor oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
savors (oblique plural)
savor (nominative singular)
savors (nominative plural)


sperme

sperme oblique singular, m (oblique plural spermes, nominative singular spermes, nominative plural sperme)

sperme oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
spermes (oblique plural)
spermes (nominative singular)
sperme (nominative plural)


juillet

juillet oblique singular, m (oblique plural juillez or juilletz, nominative singular juillez or juilletz, nominative plural juillet)

juillet oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
juillez (oblique plural)
juilletz (oblique plural)
juillez (nominative singular)
juilletz (nominative singular)
juillet (nominative plural)

desctree

French: juillet
Haitian Creole: jiyè
→ Franco-Provençal: j·ulyèt
→ Iranian Persian: ژوئیه (žu'iye)
→ South Azerbaijani: ژوئیه (juiyə)
→ Tunisian Arabic: جويلية (juīlia)

Norman: juilet

Walloon: djulete

From an alteration of juignet (“little June”) (diminutive of juin (“June”)) based on juil, from Latin iūlius. Cf. also juilot, julot, and jullot, diminutives of juil.


penne

fro-noun

penne oblique singular, f (oblique plural pennes, nominative singular penne, nominative plural pennes)

penne oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
pennes (oblique plural)
penne (nominative singular)
pennes (nominative plural)

Middle French: penne f

French: penne f

Anglo-Norman: penne f

desctree

→ Middle English: penne, pen
English: pen
Scots: pen

→ Welsh: pìn


merci

fro-noun

merci oblique singular, f (nominative singular merci)

merci oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
merci (nominative singular)

French: merci

Norman: merci

→ Middle English: merci

English: mercy

Se vos metez an sa merci
Nus (fors le conte qui est ci)
de vos n'i a mort desservie
ja ne perdroiz manbre ne vie

If you throw yourselves on his mercy
None (apart from the count who is here)
of you deserve death;
you will lose neither life nor limb

ceo sacez m'amie tuit cil que te requerunt
a tun commandement merci auvrunt

13th century, Herman de Valenciennes, Assomption Nostre Dame, page 7, column 2, lines 16–17:

this you know, my friend, that all those who are looking for you
upon your command will have mercy


adolescence

adolescence oblique singular, f (oblique plural adolescences, nominative singular adolescence, nominative plural adolescences)

adolescence oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
adolescences (oblique plural)
adolescence (nominative singular)
adolescences (nominative plural)

Late 13th century, borrowed from Latin adolescentia.


licence

licence oblique singular, f (oblique plural licences, nominative singular licence, nominative plural licences)

licence oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
licences (oblique plural)
licence (nominative singular)
licences (nominative plural)

French: licence

→ English: licence, license

leave; permission to be away, to be not present


providence

providence oblique singular, f (nominative singular providence)

providence oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
providence (nominative singular)

providence (manifestation of divine care or direction)


deport

deport oblique singular, m (oblique plural deporz or deportz, nominative singular deporz or deportz, nominative plural deport)

deport oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
deporz (oblique plural)
deportz (oblique plural)
deporz (nominative singular)
deportz (nominative singular)
deport (nominative plural)

→ Catalan: deport

→ Middle English: disport, disporte

⇒ Middle English: sport, spoort, sporte

English: sport (see there for further descendants)

Scots: sport

→ Portuguese: desporto

→ Spanish: deporto

Qui vauroit bons vers oïr
del deport du viel antif

c. 1200, Unknown author, Aucassin et Nicolette:

Who would like to hear a few good lines
Of amusement from the old storyteller


bru

bru oblique singular, f (oblique plural brus, nominative singular bru, nominative plural brus)

bru oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
brus (oblique plural)
bru (nominative singular)
brus (nominative plural)

French: bru


hache

hache oblique singular, f (oblique plural haches, nominative singular hache, nominative plural haches)

hache oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
haches (oblique plural)
hache (nominative singular)
haches (nominative plural)

Middle French: hache

French: hache

Champenois: haiche

→ Iberia:

Asturian: hacha, hachu

Old Catalan: atxa

Old Galician-Portuguese: acha

Portuguese: acha

Old Spanish: facha

Spanish: hacha

→ Old Galician-Portuguese: facha

Galician: facha

→ Italy:

Calabrian: haccia

Italian: azza

→ Middle English: hache

From Frankish *happjā, from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ, *habjǭ (“knife”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kop- (“to strike, beat”).


compression

fro-noun

compression oblique singular, f (oblique plural compressions, nominative singular compression, nominative plural compressions)

compression oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
compressions (oblique plural)
compression (nominative singular)
compressions (nominative plural)

First known attestation 1314, borrowed from Latin compressiō.

compression (act, instance of compressing)


varlet

varlet oblique singular, m (oblique plural varlez or varletz, nominative singular varlez or varletz, nominative plural varlet)

varlet oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
varlez (oblique plural)
varletz (oblique plural)
varlez (nominative singular)
varletz (nominative singular)
varlet (nominative plural)


bobance

bobance oblique singular, f (oblique plural bobances, nominative singular bobance, nominative plural bobances)

bobance oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
bobances (oblique plural)
bobance (nominative singular)
bobances (nominative plural)

desctree

→ Middle English: bobance, bobaunce
English: bobance


cion

fro-noun

cion oblique singular, m (oblique plural cions, nominative singular cions, nominative plural cion)

cion oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
cions (oblique plural)
cions (nominative singular)
cion (nominative plural)

Middle French: sion

French: scion

Picard: chion

desctree

→ Middle English: sioun, cioun, ciun, cyun, scion, scioun, sion, siun, syon, syoun
English: scion

Frankish *kiþ, cognate with English kid.


ambages

→ English: ambages

French: ambages

Circa 1355, borrowed from Latin ambāges.

circumlocution, ambages (indirect or roundabout ways of talking)


flair

fro-noun

flair oblique singular, m (oblique plural flairs, nominative singular flairs, nominative plural flair)

flair oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
flairs (oblique plural)
flairs (nominative singular)
flair (nominative plural)


olie

olie oblique singular, f (oblique plural olies, nominative singular olie, nominative plural olies)

olie oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
olies (oblique plural)
olie (nominative singular)
olies (nominative plural)


joie

joie oblique singular, f (oblique plural joies, nominative singular joie, nominative plural joies)

joie oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
joies (oblique plural)
joie (nominative singular)
joies (nominative plural)

French: joie

→ Catalan: joia

→ Istriot: dzóya, dzúya

→ Italian: gioia

→ Lombard: jòia

→ Middle Breton: yoaff

Breton: joa

→ Middle Dutch: joye, joy

desctree

→ Middle English: joye, joie
English: joy
Scots: jo
→ English: jo, joe
Yola: joee

→ Occitan: jòi (Auvernhat)

→ Old Emilian: çoglia

→ Old High German: schoie

→ Old Italian: zoglia

→ Old Ligurian: ioya

→ Old Occitan: joia

→ Old Romagnol: zoya

→ Piedmontese: gioia

→ Portuguese: joia

→ Sicilian: gioja

→ Spanish: joya

→ Venetian: zoja, xogia

From Latin gaudia, the plural of gaudium (“joy”), reinterpreted as a feminine singular.

Li rois en son cuer out grant joie.


joie

fro-noun

joie oblique singular, m (oblique plural joies, nominative singular joies, nominative plural joie)

joie oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
joies (oblique plural)
joies (nominative singular)
joie (nominative plural)


welke

welke oblique singular, f (oblique plural welkes, nominative singular welke, nominative plural welkes)

welke oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
welkes (oblique plural)
welke (nominative singular)
welkes (nominative plural)


reversion

reversion oblique singular, f (oblique plural reversions, nominative singular reversion, nominative plural reversions)

reversion oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
reversions (oblique plural)
reversion (nominative singular)
reversions (nominative plural)

→ English: reversion

French: réversion


franchise

franchise oblique singular, f (oblique plural franchises, nominative singular franchise, nominative plural franchises)

franchise oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
franchises (oblique plural)
franchise (nominative singular)
franchises (nominative plural)

→ English: franchise

French: franchise

→ Old Galician-Portuguese: franqueza

Galician: franqueza

Portuguese: franqueza

nobleness; chivalry (quality of being noble or chivalrous)


decoction

decoction oblique singular, f (oblique plural decoctions, nominative singular decoction, nominative plural decoctions)

decoction oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
decoctions (oblique plural)
decoction (nominative singular)
decoctions (nominative plural)

IX cuillieres de la dicte decoction

[take] 9 teaspoonfuls of the aforementioned decoction


faitour

faitour oblique singular, m (oblique plural faitours, nominative singular faitours, nominative plural faitour)

faitour oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
faitours (oblique plural)
faitours (nominative singular)
faitour (nominative plural)

English: faitour

From Latin factor, from facere (“to do, to make”).


chaperon

chaperon oblique singular, m (oblique plural chaperons, nominative singular chaperons, nominative plural chaperon)

chaperon oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
chaperons (oblique plural)
chaperons (nominative singular)
chaperon (nominative plural)


housel

housel oblique singular, m (oblique plural houseaus or houseax or housiaus or housiax or housels, nominative singular houseaus or houseax or housiaus or housiax or housels, nominative plural housel)

housel oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
houseaus (oblique plural)
houseax (oblique plural)
housiaus (oblique plural)
housiax (oblique plural)
housels (oblique plural)
houseaus (nominative singular)
houseax (nominative singular)
housiaus (nominative singular)
housiax (nominative singular)
housels (nominative singular)
housel (nominative plural)

desc

Middle French: houseau, houseaul, housel

French: houseau
→ English: huseau


foin

fro-noun

foin oblique singular, m (oblique plural foinz, nominative singular foinz, nominative plural foin)

foin oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
foinz (oblique plural)
foinz (nominative singular)
foin (nominative plural)

French: foin

Norman: fain


veel

veel oblique singular, m (oblique plural veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative singular veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative plural veel)

veel oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
veeaus (oblique plural)
veeax (oblique plural)
veiaus (oblique plural)
veiax (oblique plural)
veels (oblique plural)
veeaus (nominative singular)
veeax (nominative singular)
veiaus (nominative singular)
veiax (nominative singular)
veels (nominative singular)
veel (nominative plural)

→ English: veal

French: veau

Walloon: vea


martel

martel oblique singular, m (oblique plural marteaus or marteax or martiaus or martiax or martels, nominative singular marteaus or marteax or martiaus or martiax or martels, nominative plural martel)

martel oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
marteaus (oblique plural)
marteax (oblique plural)
martiaus (oblique plural)
martiax (oblique plural)
martels (oblique plural)
marteaus (nominative singular)
marteax (nominative singular)
martiaus (nominative singular)
martiax (nominative singular)
martels (nominative singular)
martel (nominative plural)

French: marteau; se mettre martel en tête

→ Algerian Arabic: مارطو (marṭu)

→ English: martel

→ Dutch: martel

Norman: marté (Jersey)

Walloon: mårtea

From Late Latin martellus, from Latin martulus, variant of Latin marculus.


revers

revers oblique singular, m (oblique plural revers, nominative singular revers, nominative plural revers)

revers oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
revers (oblique plural)
revers (nominative singular)
revers (nominative plural)

veez cy le fet qe prove le revers

see here the fact that proves the contrary


fru

fru oblique singular, m (oblique plural frus, nominative singular frus, nominative plural fru)

fru oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
frus (oblique plural)
frus (nominative singular)
fru (nominative plural)

Middle French: freux, freu

French: freux

→ Occitan: friè


doi

doi oblique singular, m (oblique plural dois, nominative singular dois, nominative plural doi)

doi oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
dois (oblique plural)
dois (nominative singular)
doi (nominative plural)


paleis

paleis oblique singular, m (oblique plural paleis, nominative singular paleis, nominative plural paleis)

paleis oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
paleis (oblique plural)
paleis (nominative singular)
paleis (nominative plural)


oriflamme

oriflamme oblique singular, f (oblique plural oriflammes, nominative singular oriflamme, nominative plural oriflammes)

oriflamme oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
oriflammes (oblique plural)
oriflamme (nominative singular)
oriflammes (nominative plural)

French: oriflamme

→ English: oriflamme

[c. 1100, in the Chanson de Roland]
Attested as orie flambe, oriflambe. From Medieval Latin auriflamma (“golden flame”), from Latin aurum (“gold”) + flamma (“flame”).


semaine

semaine oblique singular, f (oblique plural semaines, nominative singular semaine, nominative plural semaines)

semaine oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
semaines (oblique plural)
semaine (nominative singular)
semaines (nominative plural)

Gallo: smâinñ

desctree

Middle French: sepmaine
French: semaine
Antillean Creole: simenn
Aruamu: semen
Guianese Creole: simenn
Haitian Creole: semèn
Karipúna Creole French: simén
Louisiana Creole: lasmènn, smènn
Seychellois Creole: lasemenn, semenn, smenn
Tayo: semen
→ Esperanto: semajno

Norman: semaine (continental Normandy), s'môine (Guernsey), s'maine (Jersey)

Picard: smainne

Walloon: samaîun, samwinne

From Late Latin septimāna (“week”), from the Latin septimānus (“related to the seventh element of a series”, adjective), derived from septimus (“seventh”).


lus

fro-noun

lus oblique singular, m (oblique plural lus, nominative singular lus, nominative plural lus)

lus oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
lus (oblique plural)
lus (nominative singular)
lus (nominative plural)


cri

cri oblique singular, m (oblique plural cris, nominative singular cris, nominative plural cri)

cri oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
cris (oblique plural)
cris (nominative singular)
cri (nominative plural)

Middle French: cri, cry
French: cri

desctree

→ Middle English: cry, cri, crie, crye, kri, krie, kry
English: cry
Scots: cry
Yola: crie, cry


sites

inflection of site (“site”):
nominative singular

inflection of site (“site”):
oblique plural


cenit

fro-noun

cenit oblique singular, m (oblique plural ceniz or cenitz, nominative singular ceniz or cenitz, nominative plural cenit)

cenit oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
ceniz (oblique plural)
cenitz (oblique plural)
ceniz (nominative singular)
cenitz (nominative singular)
cenit (nominative plural)

Middle French: zenith

French: zénith

zenith (point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer)


pupille

pupille oblique singular, m (oblique plural pupilles, nominative singular pupilles, nominative plural pupille)

pupille oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
pupilles (oblique plural)
pupilles (nominative singular)
pupille (nominative plural)

English: pupil

orphan (child of whom both the parents have died)


chiffre

chiffre oblique singular, m (oblique plural chiffres, nominative singular chiffres, nominative plural chiffre)

chiffre oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
chiffres (oblique plural)
chiffres (nominative singular)
chiffre (nominative plural)

desctree

French: chiffre
→ German: Chiffre
→ Czech: šifra, cifra
→ Ottoman Turkish: شیفره (şifre)
Turkish: şifre
→ Polish: szyfr
→ Russian: шифр (šifr)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: ши̏фра, ци̏фра
Latin script: šȉfra, cȉfra

→ Middle English: cifre, cyffre, siphre, sypher, syphyr
English: cipher, cypher


urs

fro-noun

urs oblique singular, m (oblique plural urs, nominative singular urs, nominative plural urs)

urs oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
urs (oblique plural)
urs (nominative singular)
urs (nominative plural)

Middle French: ours

French: ours


ombre

ombre oblique singular, f (oblique plural ombres, nominative singular ombre, nominative plural ombres)

ombre oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
ombres (oblique plural)
ombre (nominative singular)
ombres (nominative plural)


affaire

affaire oblique singular, f (oblique plural affaires, nominative singular affaire, nominative plural affaires)

affaire oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
affaires (oblique plural)
affaire (nominative singular)
affaires (nominative plural)


entitlement

entitlement oblique singular, m (oblique plural entitlemenz or entitlementz, nominative singular entitlemenz or entitlementz, nominative plural entitlement)

entitlement oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
entitlemenz (oblique plural)
entitlementz (oblique plural)
entitlemenz (nominative singular)
entitlementz (nominative singular)
entitlement (nominative plural)

title (name allocated to a document, a work, etc.)


reclaim

reclaim oblique singular, m (oblique plural reclains, nominative singular reclains, nominative plural reclaim)

reclaim oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
reclains (oblique plural)
reclains (nominative singular)
reclaim (nominative plural)

English: reclaim


paume

paume oblique singular, f (oblique plural paumes, nominative singular paume, nominative plural paumes)

paume oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
paumes (oblique plural)
paume (nominative singular)
paumes (nominative plural)

Middle French: paulme
French: paume

Norman: paûmé


bure

bure oblique singular, m (oblique plural bures, nominative singular bures, nominative plural bure)

bure oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
bures (oblique plural)
bures (nominative singular)
bure (nominative plural)

Middle French: burre, beurre (regional)

French: beurre (see there for further descendants)

Norman: buure, burre, bür

→ Italian: burro

→ Neapolitan: burro

Tarantino: burre

→ Sicilian: vurru


fantasie

fantasie oblique singular, f (oblique plural fantasies, nominative singular fantasie, nominative plural fantasies)

fantasie oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
fantasies (oblique plural)
fantasie (nominative singular)
fantasies (nominative plural)

desctree

→ Middle English: fantasie, fantasye, fantasy, fantasse, fantesy, fantsy, fansey
English: fantasy, fancy (see there for further descendants)

French: fantaisie (see there for further descendants)

→ Middle Dutch: fantasie

Dutch: fantasie
Afrikaans: fantasie
Negerhollands: fantasi
→ Indonesian: fantasi

From Latin phantasia, from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía).


mays

fro-noun

mays oblique singular, m (oblique plural mays, nominative singular mays, nominative plural mays)

mays oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
mays (oblique plural)
mays (nominative singular)
mays (nominative plural)

desctree

Middle French: May
French: mai
Guianese Creole: mè
Haitian Creole: me
→ English: may
→ Iranian Persian: مه (me)
Louisiana Creole: mê
→ South Azerbaijani: مه (mə)
→ Tunisian Arabic: ماي (mēy)

Norman: mai, mouai, me

Walloon: may

→ Middle English: May, Mai

English: May (see there for further descendants)

Bislama: mei

Pitcairn-Norfolk: Mieh

Tok Pisin: Mei

Scots: Mey


ethimologie

fro-noun

ethimologie oblique singular, f (oblique plural ethimologies, nominative singular ethimologie, nominative plural ethimologies)

ethimologie oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
ethimologies (oblique plural)
ethimologie (nominative singular)
ethimologies (nominative plural)


narine

narine oblique singular, f (oblique plural narines, nominative singular narine, nominative plural narines)

narine oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
narines (oblique plural)
narine (nominative singular)
narines (nominative plural)

French: narine

Walloon: narene

From Vulgar Latin *narina, from Latin nāris.


flote

flote oblique singular, f (oblique plural flotes, nominative singular flote, nominative plural flotes)

flote oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
flotes (oblique plural)
flote (nominative singular)
flotes (nominative plural)

fleet (collection of several watercraft)


estrangement

estrangement oblique singular, m (oblique plural estrangemenz or estrangementz, nominative singular estrangemenz or estrangementz, nominative plural estrangement)

estrangement oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
estrangemenz (oblique plural)
estrangementz (oblique plural)
estrangemenz (nominative singular)
estrangementz (nominative singular)
estrangement (nominative plural)


sele

sele oblique singular, f (oblique plural seles, nominative singular sele, nominative plural seles)

sele oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
seles (oblique plural)
sele (nominative singular)
seles (nominative plural)

Middle French: selle

French: selle

Norman: selle


bec

bec oblique singular, m (oblique plural bes, nominative singular bes, nominative plural bec)

bec oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
bes (oblique plural)
bes (nominative singular)
bec (nominative plural)

French: bec


ascension

ascension oblique singular, f (oblique plural ascensions, nominative singular ascension, nominative plural ascensions)

ascension oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
ascensions (oblique plural)
ascension (nominative singular)
ascensions (nominative plural)

→ Middle English: ascencioun

English: ascension

French: ascension

Norman: ascension

Borrowed from Latin ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōnem.


azur

azur oblique singular, m (oblique plural azurs, nominative singular azurs, nominative plural azur)

azur oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
azurs (oblique plural)
azurs (nominative singular)
azur (nominative plural)

French: azur

desctree

→ Middle English: asure, asur, asour, azur, azour, azure
English: azure
Scots: asure
→ Welsh: asur

→ Portuguese: azur

→ Spanish: azur

From Medieval Latin lazulum, from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward), from Classical Persian لَاجَوَرْد (lājaward).

Qui est li chevaliers armez
D'unes armes d'azur et d'or[?]

Who is the knight armed
With armaments of azure and of gold?


credo

fro-noun

credo oblique singular, m (nominative singular credo)

credo oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
credo (nominative singular)

Middle French: credo

French: credo

→ Middle English: credo
English: credo

Borrowed from Latin crēdō (“I believe”) in the Nicene Creed or Apostle's Creed.


garçon

garçon oblique singular, m (oblique plural garçons, nominative singular gars, nominative plural garçon)

garçon oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
garçons (oblique plural)
gars (nominative singular)
garçon (nominative plural)

Middle French: garçon, garson

French: garçon (see there for further descendants), gars

Norman: garçon

Picard: garchon

desc

→ Middle English: garsoun, garson, garzun

→ Irish: gasúr, garsún

→ Portuguese: garoto

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin garciō m, from Frankish *wrakkjō m, from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô m.


recompense

fro-noun

recompense oblique singular, f (oblique plural recompenses, nominative singular recompense, nominative plural recompenses)

recompense oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
recompenses (oblique plural)
recompense (nominative singular)
recompenses (nominative plural)

English: recompense


lin

lin oblique singular, m (oblique plural lins, nominative singular lins, nominative plural lin)

lin oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
lins (oblique plural)
lins (nominative singular)
lin (nominative plural)


leprous

English: leprous

French: lépreux


rei

rei oblique singular, m (oblique plural reis, nominative singular reis, nominative plural rei)

rei oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
reis (oblique plural)
reis (nominative singular)
rei (nominative plural)

li trei rei t'aourent d'estrange regiun

13th century, Herman de Valenciennes, Assomption Nostre Dame, page 6, column 2, line 26:

the three kings from a strange land worshipped you


vois

vois oblique singular, f (oblique plural vois, nominative singular vois, nominative plural vois)

vois oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
vois (oblique plural)
vois (nominative singular)
vois (nominative plural)


baston

baston oblique singular, m (oblique plural bastons, nominative singular bastons, nominative plural baston)

baston oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
bastons (oblique plural)
bastons (nominative singular)
baston (nominative plural)

French: bâton

desctree

→ Middle English: baston, bastun, bastune
English: baston
Scots: baston


lé

fro-noun

lé oblique singular, m (oblique plural lez, nominative singular lez, nominative plural lé)

lé oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
lez (oblique plural)
lez (nominative singular)
lé (nominative plural)

French: lé


vavasour

vavasour oblique singular, m (oblique plural vavasours, nominative singular vavasours, nominative plural vavasour)

vavasour oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
vavasours (oblique plural)
vavasours (nominative singular)
vavasour (nominative plural)

French: vavasseur

→ Middle English: vavasour

English: vavasour

[…] Et filz a riches vavasors
Qui servoient por armes tuit.

[…] And sons with rich subvassals
Who gave everyone arms.


tribu

tribu oblique singular, m (oblique plural tribus, nominative singular tribus, nominative plural tribu)

tribu oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
tribus (oblique plural)
tribus (nominative singular)
tribu (nominative plural)

Middle French: tribu
French: tribu

desctree

→ Middle English: tribe, trybe, tribu
English: tribe

Jean de Mandeville, Le livre des merveilles du monde, ed. C. Deluz, Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes 31, Paris, 2000. Available via the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Then the angel commanded to Adam that he have sex with his wife, so he begat Seth, from which the tribe of Jesus Christ was born

La comaunda ly angele a Adam q'il cohabistast ovesqez sa femme, si engendra Seth du quel tribu Jhesu Crist nasquy


coille

fro-noun

coille oblique singular, f (oblique plural coilles, nominative singular coille, nominative plural coilles)

coille oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
coilles (oblique plural)
coille (nominative singular)
coilles (nominative plural)

Middle French: couille
French: couille

Walloon: coye

→ Middle Dutch: cul
Dutch: kul

From Vulgar Latin *cōlea n pl, from Latin cōleus m sg, of Ancient Greek origin.


subjection

subjection oblique singular, f (oblique plural subjections, nominative singular subjection, nominative plural subjections)

subjection oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
subjections (oblique plural)
subjection (nominative singular)
subjections (nominative plural)

→ English: subjection

French: sujétion


ceinture

ceinture oblique singular, f (oblique plural ceintures, nominative singular ceinture, nominative plural ceintures)

ceinture oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
ceintures (oblique plural)
ceinture (nominative singular)
ceintures (nominative plural)

French: ceinture
→ Romanian: centură

Norman: cheintuthe (through Old Northen French variant)


pape

pape oblique singular, m (oblique plural papes, nominative singular papes, nominative plural pape)

pape oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
papes (oblique plural)
papes (nominative singular)
pape (nominative plural)

Middle French: pappe

desctree

French: pape
Haitian Creole: pap
→ Persian: پاپ (pâp)

Norman: pape

Picard: pape

Walloon: påpe

→ Middle Dutch: paus, paues, pauwes

Dutch: paus (see there for further descendants)

Limburgish: paus

West Flemish: paus

Zealandic: paus

→ Old Frisian: paus, pāves, pāgus
West Frisian: paus

→ Old High German: bābes

Middle High German: bābes, bābest

Alemannic German: Papscht

Bavarian: Popst

Cimbrian: baabost

German: Papst

Hunsrik: Paapst

Luxembourgish: Poopst

Pennsylvania German: Baapscht

Yiddish: פּויפּס (poyps)

→ Czech: papež

→ Old Polish: papież

→ Polish: papież

→ Slovak: pápež

→ Slovene: papež

→ Old Saxon: pābos, pāvos

Middle Low German: pāwest, pāves

Dutch Low Saxon: paus, paauws

→ Estonian: paavst

→ Latvian: pāvests

→ Võro: paast, paavst

→ Old Norse: páfi

Icelandic: páfi

Faroese: pávi

Norwegian Nynorsk: pave

Norwegian Bokmål: pave

Old Danish: pauæ

Danish: pave

Old Swedish: pavi, pave

Swedish: påve

→ Finnish: paavi

From Ecclesiastical Latin papa, from early Byzantine Greek παπᾶς (papâs, “patriarch, bishop”), from late Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas).


capon

fro-noun

capon oblique singular, m (oblique plural capons, nominative singular capons, nominative plural capon)

capon oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
capons (oblique plural)
capons (nominative singular)
capon (nominative plural)


chemise

chemise oblique singular, f (oblique plural chemises, nominative singular chemise, nominative plural chemises)

chemise oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
chemises (oblique plural)
chemise (nominative singular)
chemises (nominative plural)

Champenois: cheminge, cheminze

Gallo: chminzz

desctree

French: chemise
Antillean Creole: chimiz
Guianese Creole: chimiz
Karipúna Creole French: ximiz
Louisiana Creole: chimiz, chimij, chmiz, chimiy, chmij
Seychellois Creole: simiz, cemiz
→ English: chemise
→ Ladino: shemiz
→ Neapolitan: scemisse
→ Scots: chemeis
→ Vietnamese: sơ-mi
→ Yemeni Arabic: شميز

Norman: queminse (continental Normandy), qu'minse, ch'minse (Guernsey), c'mînse (Jersey)

Walloon: tchimijhe


saignee

fro-noun

saignee oblique singular, f (oblique plural saignees, nominative singular saignee, nominative plural saignees)

saignee oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
saignees (oblique plural)
saignee (nominative singular)
saignees (nominative plural)


sucre

sucre oblique singular, m (nominative singular sucres)

sucre oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
sucres (nominative singular)


mont

mont oblique singular, m (oblique plural monz or montz, nominative singular monz or montz, nominative plural mont)

mont oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
monz (oblique plural)
montz (oblique plural)
monz (nominative singular)
montz (nominative singular)
mont (nominative plural)

French: mont

Norman: mont (Jersey)

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns. Doublet with montaigne.


manche

manche oblique singular, f (oblique plural manches, nominative singular manche, nominative plural manches)

manche oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
manches (oblique plural)
manche (nominative singular)
manches (nominative plural)

Middle French: manche

French: manche

Walloon: mantche

→ English: manche

desctree

→ Italian: mancia
→ English: mancia
→ French: manche

→ Middle English: maunche

English: maunch


manche

fro-noun

manche oblique singular, m (oblique plural manches, nominative singular manches, nominative plural manche)

manche oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
manches (oblique plural)
manches (nominative singular)
manche (nominative plural)

Middle French: manche

French: manche

From Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”).


beste

beste oblique singular, f (oblique plural bestes, nominative singular beste, nominative plural bestes)

beste oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
bestes (oblique plural)
beste (nominative singular)
bestes (nominative plural)

Middle French: beste

French: bête

Gallo: bestt

Norman: baête (Cotentin), beyte (Pays de Caux, Pays de Rouen), beet (Sark)

→ Middle Dutch: beest

desctree

Dutch: beest
Afrikaans: bees
Jersey Dutch: bêst, beîśe
Negerhollands: beest
→ Papiamentu: bichi
→ Sranan Tongo: beist

→ Middle Low German: best

Low German: Beest

→ Danish: bæst

→ German: Biest

→ Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: beist, best

Norwegian Nynorsk: beist

→ Swedish: best

→ Middle English: beeste, beste, beest, best, beast, beaste
English: beast
Scots: beast
Yola: beast

Probably a semi-learned term borrowed partly from Latin bēstia. Compare bisse (modern French biche), which was popularly inherited from a variant (bīstia) of the same word. An alternative hypothesis derives beste from an unattested Vulgar Latin variant form *bēsta (deduced through a supposed diminutive form bēstula), though this is unlikely as it would assume there was a second popular variant of bēstia (bīstia being well attested).


paroisse

fro-noun

paroisse oblique singular, f (oblique plural paroisses, nominative singular paroisse, nominative plural paroisses)

paroisse oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
paroisses (oblique plural)
paroisse (nominative singular)
paroisses (nominative plural)

Middle French: paroisse

French: paroisse

Norman: pâraîsse

desctree

→ Middle English: parisshe
English: parish
Scots: pairish
Yola: parieshe, pariesh, paryshe

From Late Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “a dwelling abroad”).


poitrine

fro-noun

poitrine oblique singular, f (oblique plural poitrines, nominative singular poitrine, nominative plural poitrines)

poitrine oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
poitrines (oblique plural)
poitrine (nominative singular)
poitrines (nominative plural)

French: poitrine

From Vulgar Latin *pectorīna, derived from Latin pectus.

Sor l'escu devant la peitrine


joc

joc oblique singular, m (oblique plural jos, nominative singular jos, nominative plural joc)

joc oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
jos (oblique plural)
jos (nominative singular)
joc (nominative plural)

French: juc, ⇒ juchoir

→ Sicilian: giuccu

Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *juką (“yoke”).


mur

mur oblique singular, m (oblique plural murs, nominative singular murs, nominative plural mur)

mur oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
murs (oblique plural)
murs (nominative singular)
mur (nominative plural)

Bourguignon: meur

Middle French: mur
French: mur

Norman: mur

From Latin mūrum, accusative singular of mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”).


aise

fro-noun

aise oblique singular, f (oblique plural aises, nominative singular aise, nominative plural aises)

aise oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
aises (oblique plural)
aise (nominative singular)
aises (nominative plural)


toile

toile oblique singular, f (oblique plural toiles, nominative singular toile, nominative plural toiles)

toile oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
toiles (oblique plural)
toile (nominative singular)
toiles (nominative plural)

French: toile

From earlier form teile, from Latin tēla.


poivre

poivre oblique singular, m (oblique plural poivres, nominative singular poivres, nominative plural poivre)

poivre oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
poivres (oblique plural)
poivres (nominative singular)
poivre (nominative plural)

French: poivre

Norman: paîvre, pêvre (Jersey) (Guernsey), pevr (Sark)

Walloon: poevrî


poing

poing oblique singular, m (oblique plural poinz, nominative singular poinz, nominative plural poing)

poing oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
poinz (oblique plural)
poinz (nominative singular)
poing (nominative plural)

French: poing

Norman: poing

Walloon: pougn

Maintenant la prist par le poing


voie

voie oblique singular, f (oblique plural voies, nominative singular voie, nominative plural voies)

voie oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
voies (oblique plural)
voie (nominative singular)
voies (nominative plural)

Middle French: voie

French: voie


loisir

loisir oblique singular, m (oblique plural loisirs, nominative singular loisirs, nominative plural loisir)

loisir oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
loisirs (oblique plural)
loisirs (nominative singular)
loisir (nominative plural)

From leisir, from Latin licēre, infinitive of licet.

Assauz lur fet ytaus aprés liverer K'en trois jurs n'ot nul loisir de reposer


viser

viser oblique singular, m (oblique plural visers, nominative singular visers, nominative plural viser)

viser oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
visers (oblique plural)
visers (nominative singular)
viser (nominative plural)


voisin

voisin oblique singular, m (oblique plural voisins, nominative singular voisins, nominative plural voisin)

voisin oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
voisins (oblique plural)
voisins (nominative singular)
voisin (nominative plural)

French: voisin

desc

Norman: vaîsîn, veisin (continental Normandy)

Walloon: vijhén

From Late Latin vēcīnus, from Latin vīcīnus.


chapitre

fro-noun

chapitre oblique singular, m (oblique plural chapitres, nominative singular chapitres, nominative plural chapitre)

chapitre oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
chapitres (oblique plural)
chapitres (nominative singular)
chapitre (nominative plural)

French: chapitre

desctree

Middle English: chapitre, capyter, chaipitur, chapetere, chapetir, chapetre, chapihtre, chapiter, chapitere, chapitir, chapitr, chapitur, chapter, chaptre, chaptyr, chapyter, chaypitur
English: chapter; chapiter
Scots: chaipter

Borrowed from Late Latin capitulum (“little head”).

bor+

Et de ce nous dirons plus au chapitre des maladies des ungles

And of this, we will speak more in the chapter about diseases of the nails


poumon

fro-noun

poumon oblique singular, m (oblique plural poumons, nominative singular poumons, nominative plural poumon)

poumon oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
poumons (oblique plural)
poumons (nominative singular)
poumon (nominative plural)

→ French: poumon

Haitian Creole: poumon

From Latin pulmōnem, from Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō.


aigle

aigle oblique singular, m (oblique plural aigles, nominative singular aigles, nominative plural aigle)

aigle oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
aigles (oblique plural)
aigles (nominative singular)
aigle (nominative plural)

Middle French: aigle
French: aigle

Anglo-Norman: egle

desctree

→ Middle English: egle, agle, egel
English: eagle (see there for further descendants)
Scots: aigle

Norman: aiglle, aigl'ye (Jersey)

Either borrowed from Old Occitan aigla or taken from Latin aquila. Cf. the variant form aille, which may be popularly inherited.

La sisisme ligne est sourpoins. Cist est molt grans, et resemble aigle blanche, mais des oilz et des eles et dou bec est il semblables au girfaut

1260–1267, Brunetto Latini, “De tous Faucons [On all falcons]” (chapter 150), Book 5, in Livres dou Tresor [Book of Treasures]; republished as Polycarpe Chabaille, compiler, Li livres dou tresor par Brunetto Latini, Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1863, page 203:

The sixth kind [of falcon] is the saker. It is very large, and resembles the white eagle; but in the eyes, and in the wings, and in the beak, it is similar to the gyrfalcon


apel

fro-noun

apel oblique singular, m (oblique plural apeaus or apeax or apiaus or apiax or apels, nominative singular apeaus or apeax or apiaus or apiax or apels, nominative plural apel)

apel oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
apeaus (oblique plural)
apeax (oblique plural)
apiaus (oblique plural)
apiax (oblique plural)
apels (oblique plural)
apeaus (nominative singular)
apeax (nominative singular)
apiaus (nominative singular)
apiax (nominative singular)
apels (nominative singular)
apel (nominative plural)

desctree

French: appel
→ English: appel
→ German: Appell
→ English: Appell
→ Polish: apel
→ Romanian: apel

→ Middle English: apel

English: appeal

→ Italian: appeal

call (a vocal signal intended to get someone's attention)


piramide

fro-noun

piramide oblique singular, f (oblique plural piramides, nominative singular piramide, nominative plural piramides)

piramide oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
piramides (oblique plural)
piramide (nominative singular)
piramides (nominative plural)


linage

linage oblique singular, m (oblique plural linages, nominative singular linages, nominative plural linage)

linage oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
linages (oblique plural)
linages (nominative singular)
linage (nominative plural)

→ Old Galician-Portuguese: linnage

Galician: liñaxe

Portuguese: linhagem

Celui ki l'engendrat, la mere ki le portat,
Tuz ces de sun linage, tant est de sainte curage,

c. 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire, lines 625–6:

He who begat him [Jesus], the mother than carried him,
All those of his lineage, he is of so a holy mind


reng

reng oblique singular, m (oblique plural reinz, nominative singular reinz, nominative plural reng)

reng oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
reinz (oblique plural)
reinz (nominative singular)
reng (nominative plural)

desctree

Middle French: ranc, rang
French: rang
→ Middle English: rank
English: rank

Picard: râng (Athois)

Walloon: ran (Forrières), rang (Liégeois)

→ Middle English: renge, reng

From Vulgar Latin *rencus, from Frankish *rank (“straight, erect”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rankaz (“upright, erect”).

der

place; position (especially among other things)


fum

fro-noun

fum oblique singular, m (oblique plural funs, nominative singular funs, nominative plural fum)

fum oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
funs (oblique plural)
funs (nominative singular)
fum (nominative plural)

From Latin fūmus. Replaced in later French by fumée.


moe

moe oblique singular, f (oblique plural moes, nominative singular moe, nominative plural moes)

moe oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
moes (oblique plural)
moe (nominative singular)
moes (nominative plural)

Middle French: moe, moue

French: moue

From Frankish *mauwu (“mouth, protruding lip”).


tere

fro-noun

tere oblique singular, f (oblique plural teres, nominative singular tere, nominative plural teres)

tere oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
teres (oblique plural)
tere (nominative singular)
teres (nominative plural)


proie

proie oblique singular, f (oblique plural proies, nominative singular proie, nominative plural proies)

proie oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
proies (oblique plural)
proie (nominative singular)
proies (nominative plural)

French: proie


cendre

cendre oblique singular, f (oblique plural cendres, nominative singular cendre, nominative plural cendres)

cendre oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
cendres (oblique plural)
cendre (nominative singular)
cendres (nominative plural)

Bourguignon: çarre

French: cendre

Lorrain: cent

Norman: chendre (Jersey, Guernsey)

Picard: chaine

Walloon: cinde

From Latin cinerem, accusative of cinis.


presumption

presumption oblique singular, f (oblique plural presumptions, nominative singular presumption, nominative plural presumptions)

presumption oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
presumptions (oblique plural)
presumption (nominative singular)
presumptions (nominative plural)

→ English: presumption

French: présomption

First known attestation circa 1180 in Anglo-Norman as presumpsion. Borrowed from Latin praesumptiō.

(often law) presumption (something which is presumed)