pellicule

Borrowed from Latin pellicula (“small skin or hide”), from pellis (“a skin”) +‎ -cula. Cognate with French pellicule, Spanish película.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛlɪkjuːl/

pellicule (plural pellicules)

1. A thin diaphanous fabric.
2. The skin of an onion or other plant.

Borrowed from Latin pellicula (“small skin or hide”).

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.li.kyl/, /pe.li.kyl/

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pellicule f (plural pellicules)

1. film, skin, thin layer

   une pellicule de neige — a thin layer of snow

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