alezan

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alazán, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْأَصْهَب, from Classical Arabic أَصْهَب (ʔaṣhab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.zɑ̃/

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Adjective

alezan (feminine alezane, masculine plural alezans, feminine plural alezanes)

1. chestnut (colour of a horse)

Noun

alezan m (plural alezans)

1. chestnut (horse, its colour)
2. palomino

Further reading

• “alezan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.