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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin isthmus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἰσθμός (isthmós).
Pronunciation
Noun
isthme m (plural isthmes)
- (geography) isthmus
Further reading
Latin
Noun
isthme
- vocative singular of isthmus