Feminine
haleine
Meaning
- (feminine) breath
- (feminine) breathing, respiration
Concepts
one brush
one stroke
breathing place
breathing time
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.lɛn/
Etymology
In summary
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”).
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