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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cothurnus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κόθορνος (kóthornos).
Pronunciation
Noun
cothurne m (plural cothurnes)
- (Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece) buskin
- (theater, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece) cothurnus
- Coordinate term: socque
Further reading
Latin
Noun
cothurne
- vocative singular of cothurnus