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noctule

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French noctule, a latinised scientific borrowing of the Italian nottola (refers to various birds or bats), inherited from Late Latin noctula, diminutive of Classical Latin noctua (night-owl), ultimately from Latin nox (night), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Per the OED, first attested in English in 1771.

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Noun

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noctule (plural noctules)

  1. A bat, of the genus Nyctalus, that lives in tree hollows.

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Descendants

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  • ? Catalan: nòctul
  • Spanish: nóctulo

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French

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Etymology

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Coined in 1760 by Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton (quoted below) as a latinised borrowing of the Italian nottola (name for various bats and birds).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nɔk.tyl/
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Noun

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noctule f (plural noctules)

  1. noctule
    • 1760, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton, Histoire Naturelle, volume VIII:
      La troisième espèce, que nous appellerons la noctule, du mot italien nottola...
      The third species, which we shall call the noctule, from the Italian word nottola...

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