pontife
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French pontife m, learned borrowing from Latin pontifex m.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pontife m (plural pontifes)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- pont m
- pontifical
- pontificat m
Descendants
[edit]- →? Romanian: pontif m
Further reading
[edit]- “pontife”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin pontifex m (first attested in 1538).
Pronunciation
[edit]
Noun
[edit]pontife m (plural pontifes)
Descendants
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