égratignure

French

Etymology

From égratigner +‎ -ure.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲyʁ/
  • (dissimilated in varieties where /ɲ/ is /nj/) IPA(key): /e.ɡʁa.ti.ne/

Noun

égratignure f (plural égratignures)

  1. the act of scratching, scraping or grazing
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
      Les explications légendaires, coupées çà et là par l'égratignure des couteaux, glorifiaient toutes la religion, les délicatesses du coeur et les pompes de la Cour.
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  2. a scratch, a graze
    Synonym: éraflure
    sans une égratignure ― without a scratch

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