palmipède
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin palmipedem (“broad-footed”), from palma (“the palm of the hand”) + pes (“a foot”). Compare English palmipede, English palmiped.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]palmipède m (plural palmipèdes)
- palmiped
- 1831, Honoré de Balzac, La Peau de chagrin:
- (journalism, by extension) referring to the satirical newspaper Le Canard enchaîné
Further reading
[edit]- “palmipède”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.