flanc

Catalan

Noun

flanc f (plural flancs)

  1. flank

French

Etymology

From Frankish *hlanka, from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Italian fianco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flɑ̃/
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Noun

flanc m (plural flancs)

  1. side (of person); side, flank (of animal)
  2. (military) flank
  3. side, slope (of mountain etc.)
  4. (heraldry) flaunch

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

Frankish, more at English flank.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flãnk/
  • Rhymes: -ãnk

Noun

flanc m (oblique plural flans, nominative singular flans, nominative plural flanc)

  1. side; flank (anatomy, side of a person)
    • 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
      El flanc senestre li a l'espié bagnié
      He bathed this sword in his left side

Descendants

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