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Pronunciation
Noun
flanc m (plural flancs)
- flank
Derived terms
Further reading
Franco-Provençal
Noun
flanc (ORB serrée)
- Alternative form of fllanc (“side”)
References
- Stich, Dominique (2001) Francoprovençal: Proposition d'une orthographe supra-dialectale standardisée (Thesis), University of Paris, page 587
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French and Old French flanc. Cognate with Italian fianco.
Pronunciation
Noun
flanc m (plural flancs)
- side (of person); side, flank (of animal)
- (military) flank
- side, slope (of mountain etc.)
- (heraldry) flaunch
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Old French
Etymology
From Frankish *hlanka, from Proto-Germanic *hlankō. More at English flank.
Pronunciation
Noun
flanc oblique singular, m (oblique plural flans, nominative singular flans, nominative plural flanc)
- side; flank (anatomy, side of a person)
12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:El flanc senestre li a l'espié bagnié- He bathed this sword in his left side
Descendants
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French flanc.
Noun
flanc n (plural flancuri)
- flank
Declension