unicorne

French

Adjective

unicorne (plural unicornes)

1. single-horn

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.niˈkɔr.ne/
• Rhymes: -ɔrne
• Hyphenation: u‧ni‧còr‧ne

Adjective

unicorne

1. feminine plural of unicorno

Anagrams

• uncinerò

Latin

Noun

ūnicorne

1. ablative singular of ūnicornis

Middle English

Alternative forms

• unycorne, unycorn, unicorn, unikorn

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman unicorne, from Latin ūnicornis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iu̯niˈkɔrn(ə)/

Noun

unicorne (plural unicornes)

1. unicorn (mythical one-horned horse)
2. Any one-horned beast (e.g. a rhinoceros)
3. (figuratively) anger, rage, fury, especially that of God.
4. (heraldry, rare) A heraldic unicorn.

Descendants

• English: unicorn
• Scots: unicorn

References

• “ūnicorn(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-2.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin ūnicornis.

Noun

unicorne oblique singular, m (oblique plural unicornes, nominative singular unicornes, nominative plural unicorne)

1. unicorn (mythical beast)

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: unicorne
  • → Middle English: unicorne, unycorne, unycorn, unicorn, unikorn
    • English: unicorn
    • Scots: unicorn
• French: licorne