insolite

French

Etymology

From Latin insolitus (“unaccustomed”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish insólito, Italian insolito.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̃sɔlit/

Adjective

insolite (plural insolites)

unusual, strange
- 1845, Alexandre Dumas, La Reine Margot, page 127:
  On n’eût point dit d’ailleurs, en le voyant, qu’il se passât quelque chose d’insolite par la ville, ni au Louvre ; il était vêtu avec son élégance ordinaire.

Further reading

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

Italian

Adjective

insolite

feminine plural of insolito

Latin

Adjective

insolite

vocative masculine singular of insolitus

References

insolite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
insolite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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