phoque
French

Etymology
Inherited from Middle FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Middle French#PHOQUECategory:French terms derived from Middle French#PHOQUE phoque f, focque m, borrowed from LatinCategory:French terms borrowed from Latin#PHOQUECategory:French terms derived from Latin#PHOQUE phōca, from Ancient GreekCategory:French terms derived from Ancient Greek#PHOQUE φώκη (phṓkē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔk/Category:French 1-syllable words#PHOQUECategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#PHOQUE
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Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#PHOQUEAudio (France (Paris)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#PHOQUEAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
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Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#PHOQUEAudio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#PHOQUEAudio (France (Somain)): (file) - Homophones: foc, focs, phoquesCategory:French terms with homophones#PHOQUE
- Rhymes: -ɔkCategory:Rhymes:French/ɔk#PHOQUECategory:Rhymes:French/ɔk/1 syllable#PHOQUE
Noun
phoque m (plural phoques)Category:French lemmas#PHOQUECategory:French nouns#PHOQUECategory:French countable nouns#PHOQUECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#PHOQUECategory:French masculine nouns#PHOQUECategory:Pages with entries#PHOQUECategory:Pages with 2 entries#PHOQUE
- seal
- Synonyms: loup de mer m, loup marin m
- 1924, Emmanuel Bove, “Neveu, le marinier”, in Mes amis [My Friends], Paris: Émile-Paul Frères:
- Des reflets s’enfonçaient à pic dans la Seine. La surface du fleuve remuait comme s’il y avait des phoques sous l’eau.Category:French terms with quotations#PHOQUE
- Reflections dive steeply into the Seine. The surface of the river moves as if there were seals under the water.
- sealskin (fabric made from fur of seals)
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)Category:Requests for example sentences in French#PHOQUE
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Further reading
- “phoque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
First attested in 1532. Borrowed from LatinCategory:Middle French terms borrowed from Latin#PHOQUECategory:Middle French terms derived from Latin#PHOQUE phoca f.
Pronunciation
Noun
phoque m or f (plural phoques)Category:Middle French lemmas#PHOQUECategory:Middle French nouns#PHOQUECategory:Middle French entries with incorrect language header#PHOQUECategory:Middle French masculine nouns#PHOQUECategory:Middle French feminine nouns#PHOQUECategory:Middle French nouns with multiple genders#PHOQUECategory:Pages with entries#PHOQUECategory:Pages with 2 entries#PHOQUECategory:Middle French countable nouns#PHOQUE
- seal
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)Category:Requests for example sentences in Middle French#PHOQUE
Descendants
Further reading
- “phoque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
