escran

Middle French

Etymology

Old French, borrowed from Middle Dutch scherm.

Noun

escran m (plural escrans)

screen (physical barrier for protection or to block out light)

Descendants

French: écran

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (escran, supplement)
“écran” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). (for the etymology)

Old French

Alternative forms

escren, escrein

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Dutch scherm.

Noun

escran m (oblique plural escrans, nominative singular escrans, nominative plural escran)

screen (physical barrier for protection or to block out light)

Descendants

Middle French: escran
- French: écran
→ Middle English: scren, screne
- English: screen

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (escran, supplement)
“écran” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). (for the etymology)

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