panthéon

See also: pantheon and Pantheon

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pántheion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑ̃.te.ɔ̃/

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Noun

panthéon m (plural panthéons)

1. pantheon (all the gods of a particular people or religion, particularly the ancient Greek gods residing on Olympus, considered as a group)
2. pantheon, hall of fame (a group, sometimes formal, of the famed or illustrious in a given field)

   Near-synonym: temple de la renommée

Further reading

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