bête à cornes
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bête (“beast”) + à + cornes (“horns”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bête à cornes f (plural bêtes à cornes)
Usage notes
[edit]More commonly used in its plural form.
Further reading
[edit]- “bête à cornes”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.