sanglier
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French sanglier.
Noun
sanglier (plural sangliers)
Anagrams
- aligners, salering, lasering, seringal, engrails, resignal, slangier, signaler, Salinger, inlarges, nargiles, realigns, arseling, seal ring
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French sengler, from Vulgar Latin *singlāris, inherited from Latin singulāris (porcus) (literally “solitary pig”), with later substitution of the suffix -ier for -er. Compare Occitan singlar, Catalan senglar, Italian cinghiale, Friulian cenglâr. Doublet of singulier.
Pronunciation
Noun
sanglier m (plural sangliers)
- wild boar (specifically, a full-grown wild boar)
See also
Further reading
- “sanglier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.