phasme
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /fasm/
Audio: (file) Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Noun
[edit]phasme m (plural phasmes)
- stick insect
- (derogatory) beanpole, string bean (scrawny person)
Further reading
[edit]- “phasme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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- French terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- French learned borrowings from Ancient Greek
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French 1-syllable words
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- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French derogatory terms