Masculine
suif
Meaning
- (masculine, uncountable) tallow
- (masculine, uncountable) suet
Concepts
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sɥif/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French seu, sieu (with -f added by analogy with other words), from Latin sēbum, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”). Doublet of the borrowed sébum.
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