zèl

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French aile (“wing”). In French, the plural word ailes is commonly preceded by a word, such as aux, les or mes, whose final s or x is not pronounced except in front of vowels, where it is pronounced /z/. As a result, ailes was reanalyzed as having /z/ at the front.

Noun

zèl

  1. wing (of a bird or insect)
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