cabane

cabane (plural cabanes)

1. (aviation) The tripod, pylon, or struts usually at the centre-section of a biplane or high-winged monoplane.

From Occitan cabana, from Late Latin capanna, of uncertain origin; possibly from a pre-Roman substrate language such as Illyrian or from another Latin word (see Italian capanna).

• IPA^(key): /ka.ban/

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• Homophone: cabanes

cabane f (plural cabanes)

1. cabin, hut, shack; shed
2. (slang) prison
3. (Louisiana) workshop

   Synonym: atelier

• (cabin, hut): cabine, hutte

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

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN