douane

Etymology

French. Doublet of divan.

Noun

douane (plural douanes)

1. A custom house.

Etymology

Borrowed from French douane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duˈaːnə/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: dou‧a‧ne

Noun

douane f (plural douanen or douanes)

1. customs (service/authorities/administration)
2. customs officer

Etymology

Attested in 1281 in the form dohanne with the meaning "building where the rights of entry and exit of goods are earned" (Angevin Archives of Naples). In 1441 in the form doana (“rights of entry and exit of goods”). Borrowed from Sicilian Medieval Latin doana, dovana (attested from the end of the 12th century), whence the modern Italian dogana, borrowed from the vernacular Arabic *دُوَان‎ (*duwān), an alteration of the Arabic دِيوَان‎ (dīwān), borrowed from Persian دیوان‎ (dīwān, “customs, divan”).

Doublet of divan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dwan/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

douane f (plural douanes)

1. customs (an authority responsible for controlling the flow of goods to and from a country):
2. customs office

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• dénoua