protocole

Etymology

From Middle French protocolle, protocole (“document, record”), from Medieval Latin prōtocollum (“the first sheet of a volume (on which contents and errata were written)”), from Byzantine Greek πρωτόκολλον (prōtókollon, “first sheet glued onto a manuscript”), from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.tɔ.kɔl/

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Noun

protocole m (plural protocoles)

1. protocol

Further reading

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