échine

From Old French eschine, from Frankish *skina, from Germanic. Compare German Schienbein (“tibia”).

• IPA^(key): /e.ʃin/

échine f (plural échines)

1. spinal column; backbone; spine of an animal

• courber l’échine

échine

1. first-person singular present indicative of échiner
2. third-person singular present indicative of échiner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of échiner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of échiner
5. second-person singular imperative of échiner

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

• nichée