hull

Phrases
An user
Her   hull   was   badly   damaged but   she
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  survived   and   was   repaired .

Sa coque a été gravement endommagée, mais elle a survécu et a été réparée.

Signification (Anglais)

Fréquence

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/hʌl/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Middle English hul, hulle, holle (“seed covering, hull of a ship”), from Old English hulu (“seed covering”), from Proto-Germanic *hul-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide”); or possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“hard”). Compare Dutch hul (“hood”), German Hülle (“cover, wrap”), Hülse (“hull”); also Old Irish calad, calath (“hard”), Latin callus, callum (“rough skin”), Old Church Slavonic калити (kaliti, “to cool, harden”). For the sense development, compare French coque (“nutshell; ship's hull”), Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos, “bean pod; yacht”).

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