nombril
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French nombril.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɒmbɹɪl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɑmbɹəl/
Noun
nombril (plural nombrils)
- (heraldry) A point halfway between the fess point (centre of the shield) and the middle base (bottom) point of an escutcheon.
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Translations
heraldry: point midway between bottom and centre of the shield
References
- “nombril”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “nombril, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French nombril, from Old French nonbril, from Vulgar Latin *umbilīculus (compare Occitan embonilh), from Latin umbilīcus. The initial n is probably due to an interference from possessive determiners: Old French mun onbril (“my navel”) → mun nonbril (i.e. a rebracketing). Compare the development of Catalan llombrígol, Romanian buric. Doublet of ombilic, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
nombril m (plural nombrils)
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Further reading
- “nombril”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French nonbril, from Latin *umbilīculus, from Latin umbilīcus.
Noun
nombril m (plural nombrils)