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French
Noun
alysson m (plural alyssons)
- Synonym of alysse
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄλυσσον (álusson).
Pronunciation
Noun
alysson n (genitive alyssī); second declension
- alyssum
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
References
- “alysson”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alysson in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norman
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄλυσσον (álusson).
Noun
alysson m (uncountable)
- (Jersey) sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima)