anchois

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French

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Etymology

Inherited from Old French , from Old Occitan anchoia (modern Occitan anchòia), from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē (“small fry”), from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʃwa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: an‧chois

Noun

anchois m (plural anchois)

  1. anchovy (small saltwater fish)

Descendants

  • → Bulgarian: аншоа́ (anšoá)
  • → Luxembourgish: Anchois
  • → Polish: anchois
  • → Romanian: anșoa
  • → Turkish: ançüez

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Polish

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anchois

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French anchois. First attested in 1856.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Syllabification: an‧cho‧is

Noun

anchois n (indeclinable)

  1. anchovy (small, common saltwater forage fish in the family Engraulidae that are used as human food and fish bait)

References

  1. ^ Tomasz Bartmański (1856) Ekonomija domowa czyli Przepisy tyczące się gospodarstwa wiejskiego i domowego z dodatkiem objaśnień osobliwości artystycznych‎ (in Polish), page 219

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