jumeau
French
Etymology
From Old French jumel, gemel (cf. also the less often used French dialectal form gémeau, as well as Gémeaux), from Latin gemellus, diminutive of geminus. Compare Italian gemello, Portuguese gêmeo, Romanian geamăn, Spanish gemelo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒy.mo/
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Derived terms
- vrai jumeau
See also
Further reading
- “jumeau” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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