dent-de-lion

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French dent de lion, calque of Medieval Latin dentis leōnis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɑ̃.də.ljɔ̃/
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  • Hyphenation: dent-de-lion

Noun

dent-de-lion m or f (plural dents-de-lion)

  2. (obsolete outside Switzerland) dandelion (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum)
    Synonyms: baraban m, pissenlit m

Descendants

  • → Middle English: dentdelyon

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