papillon
English
Alternative forms
- Papillon
Etymology
From French papillon (“butterfly”), from Latin pāpiliō (“butterfly, moth”). Doublet of pavilion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpæpɪjɒ̃/, /ˌpæpiˈɒn/, /ˈpæpɪlɒn/, /pəˈpɪliən/
Noun
papillon (countable and uncountable, plural papillons)
- A breed of small dog with large ears; a dog of that breed.
- 2014 November 29, Rachel Nuwer, Lassie gets an upgrade, New Scientist, Issue 2997, page 47,
- The researchers tested various breeds, including border collies, golden retrievers, pit bulls, labradors and even Jackson's own little papillon.
- 2014 November 29, Rachel Nuwer, Lassie gets an upgrade, New Scientist, Issue 2997, page 47,
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pāpiliō. Doublet of pavillon. The swimming sense of "butterfly stroke" is probably a semantic loan from English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.pi.jɔ̃/
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Noun
papillon m (plural papillons)
- butterfly
- Vif et léger comme un papillon.
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- someone brilliant, versatile and inconstant.
- 1833, Gautier, Albertus
- Avec sa cour folâtre de jeunes merveilleux, papillons de boudoirs (...) Véronique était là.
- 1833, Gautier, Albertus
- something roughly in the shape of a butterfly
- knot
- 1842, Victor Hugo, Rhin
- Le grand papillon noir, c'est la coiffure du pays. Coiffure gracieuse. De larges rubans de soie noire ajustés en cocarde sur le front, (...) derrière laquelle les cheveux tombent sur le dos en deux longues nattes.
- 1842, Victor Hugo, Rhin
- nut
- C'est à un modeste routier amateur: Trémoulet, que l'on doit l'invention en 1912 du papillon vissé sur le moyeu de la roue et qui réduisit considérablement le temps des dépannages.
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- knot
- (swimming) butterfly stroke
- Le record du monde en nage papillon.
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- Nager le papillon.
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- leaflet
- Les automobilistes parisiens ont fortement tendance à classer dans un tiroir les papillons qu'ils trouvent sur leur pare-brise.
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Derived terms
Derived terms
- nage papillon
- nœud papillon, nœud pap
- papillon de nuit
- papillonnage
- papillonner
- papillote
Interjection
papillon
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.- Minute papillon ! ― Wait a minute!
Further reading
- “papillon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
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