havresac

French

Alternative forms

• habresac (dialectal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German Haawersack and/or German Habersack (literally “oat-sack”), from Hafer + Sack. Compare Dutch haverzak.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.vʁə.sak/

Noun

havresac m (plural havresacs)

1. haversack [from 1680]

Descendants

• → English: haversack

Further reading

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