zéphyr

See also: zephyr, Zephyr, and Zéphyr

French

Alternative forms

• zéphir, zéphire

Etymology

From Middle French zephire, from Latin zephyrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ze.fiʁ/

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• Rhymes: -iʁ
• Homophone: zéphyrs

Noun

zéphyr m (plural zéphyrs)

1. zephyr

Derived terms

• zef

Descendants

• → English: zéphire
• → Ottoman Turkish: زفیر (zefir)
  • Turkish: zefir
• → Polish: zefir
• → Romanian: zefir
• → Russian: зефи́р (zefír, “marshmallow”)
  • → Belarusian: зефі́р (zjefír) (semantic loan)
  • → English: zefir, → zephyr (semantic loan)
  • → Georgian: ზეფირი (zepiri)
  • → Ukrainian: зефі́р (zefír) (semantic loan)

Further reading

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