Masculine

havre

  1. (archaic, dialectal, masculine) harbour (UK, Ireland, and the Commonwealth) / harbor (US)
  2. (masculine) haven

Frequency

21k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/avʁ/
Etymology

Via Middle French, from Middle Dutch havene, from Old Dutch *havana, from Proto-West Germanic *habanu or more probably from Old Danish *hafn (Danish havn), from Old Norse hǫfn (“haven”), from Proto-Germanic *habnō. Cognate with English haven.

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