colombe
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.lɔ̃b/
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Etymology 1
From Old French colombe, from Latin columba. Cf. also the masculine Old French form colomb, coulon.
Noun
colombe f (plural colombes)
Etymology 2
From Old French colombe, from Latin columna (the -b- resulted from a difficulty in pronouncing the Latin consonant cluster -mn-). Doublet of colonne.
Noun
colombe f (plural colombes)
Further reading
- “colombe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ombe
Noun
colombe f
- plural of colomba
Norman
Etymology
From Old French colombe, from Latin columba.
Noun
colombe f (plural colombes)
Synonyms
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