Feminine

haleine

Meaning

  1. (feminine) breath
  2. (feminine) breathing, respiration

Frequency

C1
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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