amerrissage

French

Alternative forms

• amerissage
• amérissage

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Latin ad

Latin ad-

Old French a-

French a-

Proto-Indo-European *mer-?

Proto-Indo-European *móri

Proto-Italic *mari

Latin mare

Old French mer

Middle French mer

French mer

Proto-Italic *-jezi

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -īre

French -ir

French amerrir

French -age

French amerrissage

From amerrir (“to splash down”) +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mɛ.ʁi.saʒ/ ~ /a.me.ʁi.saʒ/

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Noun

amerrissage m (plural amerrissages)

1. (aeronautics) splashdown (landing into water)
2. (aviation) ditching (crash-landing into water)

Related terms

• aglacissage
• aneigissage
• atterrissage

Descendants

• → Portuguese: amerissagem, amerrissagem

Further reading

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