encens
Catalan
French
Etymology
From Old French encens, borrowed from Late Latin incensum, from Latin incendō.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “encens” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French encens, from Late Latin incēnsum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛnˈsɛns/, /ənˈsɛns/
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: incense
References
- “encens (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin incēnsum, from Latin incendō.
Noun
encens m (oblique plural encens, nominative singular encens, nominative plural encens)
- incense (a perfume often used in the rites of various religions)
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page page of this essay:
- on doit suffumiguer le chief de encens avec ung petit de roses
- [the physician] has to infuse the patient's head from below with incense with a few rose petals
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