pylône

See also: pylone and Pylone

French

pylône

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πυλών, πυλῶνος (pulṓn, pulônos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.lon/

Noun

pylône m (plural pylônes)

1. pylon (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)
2. (electricity) pylon

Descendants

• → Romanian: pilon

Further reading

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