mappemonde

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin mappa mundī.

Noun

mappemonde (plural mappemondes)

1. A medieval map of the known or imagined world.

French

Une mappemonde de Guillaume Delisle

Alternative forms

• mappe-monde

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mappa mundī. The first component is a doublet of nappe, the inherited form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.p(ə).mɔ̃d/

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Noun

mappemonde f (plural mappemondes)

1. a map of the world, showing the two hemispheres as separate circles

Further reading

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