Transsylvanie

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French Transsylvanie, from Latin Trānssylvānia, alternative form of Trānssilvānia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃.sil.va.ni/

Proper noun

Transsylvanie f

  1. Transylvania (a historical region in western Romania); alternative spelling of Transylvanie
    • 1749, Recueil des testamens politiques du Cardinal de Richelieu, page 322:
      […] les Souverainetés de Tranſſylvanie, de Valachie, & de Moldavie […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin Trānssylvānia, alternative spelling of Trānssilvānia.

Proper noun

Transsylvanie f

  1. alternative spelling of Transsilvanie
    • 1608, La Sepmaine, page 467:
      […] ils remonterent en Tranſſyluanie […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • French: Transsylvanie