écran

See also: ecran and êcran

French

Etymology

First attested in the 13th century as escren, then escran, borrowed from Middle Dutch scherm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.kʁɑ̃/
audio (file)

Noun

écran m (plural écrans)

screen
- Un écran de télévision.
  A television screen

Usage notes

Not to be confused with écrin (“jewel box”).

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Khmer: អេក្រង់ (eekrɑŋ)
→ Portuguese: ecrã
→ Romanian: ecran
→ Russian: экран (ekran)
→ Serbo-Croatian: ekran

Further reading

“écran” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

ancre, ancré, cerna, crâne, encra, nacre, rance

Portuguese

Noun

écran m (plural écrans)

Alternative form of ecrã

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