myrrhe
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English
Noun
myrrhe (usually uncountable, plural myrrhes)
French
Etymology
From Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), from a Semitic root M-R-R meaning bitter, akin to Arabic مُرّ (murr, “bitter”), Hebrew מֹר (mor, “bitterness, acrimony”).
Pronunciation
Noun
myrrhe f (plural myrrhes)
- myrrh (dried sap of the myrrha tree)
Further reading
- “myrrhe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha).
Noun
myrrhe f (plural myrrhes)