escran
Middle French
Etymology
Old French, borrowed from Middle Dutch scherm.
Noun
escran m (plural escrans)
- screen (physical barrier for protection or to block out light)
Descendants
- French: écran
References
- Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “escran”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
- Etymology and history of “écran”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 (for the etymology)
Old French
Alternative forms
- escren, escrein
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Dutch scherm.
Noun
escran oblique singular, m (oblique plural escrans, nominative singular escrans, nominative plural escran)
- screen (physical barrier for protection or to block out light)
Descendants
- Middle French: escran
- French: écran
- → Middle English: scren, screne
- English: screen
References
- Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “escran”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
- Etymology and history of “écran”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 (for the etymology)