Feminine
Flanke
Meaning
- (feminine) flank, side (of the body)
- (feminine) flank (side of the field)
- (especially, feminine) cross (ball from the flank towards the centre)
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈflaŋkə/
Etymology
In summary
Ca. 1600, from French flanc, from Old French flanc, from Proto-Germanic *hlankō. Doublet of now obsolete Lanke, which likely influenced the form and gender of the borrowing; analogy with Seite may also have contributed.
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