renolye

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

reno͟ulye (Bressan) renouilli (Dauphinois) renaye (Fribourgeois) rénolyè (Savoyard) rèinoille (Valdôtain) renaille (Vaudois) grenolye (ORB, broad) greno͟ulye, greno̱lye (Bressan) grenollié (Genevois)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rānucula, diminutive from Latin rāna.

Noun

renolye f (plural renolyes) (ORB, broad)

1. frog

   Synonym: râna

References

• grenouille in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• renolye in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 453: “la rana” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 668: “grenouille” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr