rainure

See also: rainuré

French

Etymology

From Old French roisner + -ure, from Vulgar Latin *rucina, borrowed from Gaulish *rucina, in turn borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥῠκάνη (rhukánē, plane, a carpenter's tool). According to Beekes[1], the word is likely of Pre-Greek origin, and probably the source for Latin runcīna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁenyʁ/

Noun

rainure f (plural rainures)

  1. groove

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1293

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