Transsilvanie

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French Transsilvanie, from Latin Transsilvania.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃.sil.va.ni/

Proper noun

Transsilvanie f

  1. Transylvania (a historical region in western Romania); alternative spelling of Transylvanie
    • 1638, Recueil de toutes les nouvelles, page 227:
      […] deſcendu des Princes de Tranſſilvanie […]
      […] descended from the Princes of Transsilvania […]
    • 1695, Etat general de l'Empire Otoman, page 381:
      […] avec le tribut de Tranſſilvanie.
      […] with the tribute of Transsilvania.
    • 1711, Voyages de Mr. le Chevalier Chardin en Perse, page 86:
      Cette guerre de Tranſſilvanie fut courte […]
      This war of Transsilvania was short […]

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Transsilvania.

Noun

Transsilvanie f

  1. Transylvania (a historical region in western Romania)
    • 1552, Histoires de Paolo Iouio‎[1], page 88:
      […] Zapoluis ⁏ſon pere; auoyt continuellement mené guerre ⁏durant pluſieurs annees; contre les Turcs, ſur les marches de Tranſsiluanie.
      […] Zapoluis, his father, had continually waged war, during several years, against the Turks, on the marches of Transsilvania.

Descendants

  • French: Transsilvanie
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