haleine

Signification

1. breath
2. breathing, respiration

Genre

♀️ Féminin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/a.lɛn/

Étymologie

Inherited from Old French aleine, deverbal from alener (“to breathe”), from Medieval Latin anhēlō by metathesis. The h appeared around the 16th century under the influence of Latin hālō (“to blow”).

Phrases

Par ailleurs , comme il contient du soufre , il donne mauvaise haleine .

Moreover, since it contains sulfur, it gives bad breath.