Masculine
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noyau

Meaning

  1. (masculine) stone (of a fruit), pit (of a fruit)
  2. (masculine) group (of artists etc.); cell (of terrorists etc.)
  3. (masculine) core
  4. (masculine) nucleus
  5. (masculine) kernel
  6. (masculine) nucleus of a syllable

Opposite of
attaque, coda
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/nwa.jo/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French noyau, backformed from Old French noiaus, plural of noial, a variant of Old French noel, from either Early Medieval Latin nōdellus (“buckle”), diminutive of nōdus (“knot”), or Late Latin nucālis (“nut-like”), derivative of nux (“nut”). Compare English newel and noil.

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