flanc

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

flanc m (plural flancs)

  1. flank

Derived terms

Further reading

Franco-Provençal

Noun

flanc (ORB serrée)

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): /flɑ̃/
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Noun

flanc m (plural flancs)

  1. side (of person); side, flank (of animal)
  2. (military) flank
  3. side, slope (of mountain etc.)
  4. (heraldry) flaunch

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Portuguese: flanco
  • Spanish: flanco

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish *hlanka, from Proto-Germanic *hlankō. More at English flank.

Pronunciation

Noun

flanc oblique singularm (oblique plural flans, nominative singular flans, nominative plural flanc)

  1. 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)

  1. flank

Declension