airial

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Gascon airal, from Latin ārea. Doublet of aire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ.ʁjal/ ~ /e.ʁjal/

Noun

airial m (plural airials or airiaux)

  1. a type of flat and grassy terrain used for small settlements in the Landes region of Southwestern France
    • 1889, Philippe Tamizey de Larroque, “Appendice I”, in Livre de raison de la famille Fontainemarie:
      […] s’engagent de vendre unanimement pour payer leurs dettes la maison noble de Castecu, cens, rentes, appartenances et dépendances d’icelle, située en la paroisse de Beaupuy, jurisdiction de Marmande consistant en une vieille mazure, airiaux, preds, taillis, terres labourables et bousigues […]
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