pellicule

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pellicula (“small skin or hide”), from pellis (“a skin”) +‎ -cula. Cognate with French pellicule, Spanish película.

Pronunciation

Noun

pellicule (plural pellicules)

  1. A thin diaphanous fabric.
  2. The skin of an onion or other plant.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pellicula (“small skin or hide”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pellicule f (plural pellicules)

  1. film, skin, thin layer
    une pellicule de neige ― a thin layer of snow
  2. dandruff

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