Feminine
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douane

  1. (feminine, no-diminutive) customs (service/authorities/administration)
  2. (feminine, no-diminutive) customs officer

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/duˈaːnə/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from French douane, from Middle French doane, from Old French [Term?], from Medieval Latin doana, dovana, from Andalusian Arabic *دُوَان (*duwān), from earlier Arabic دِيوَان (dīwān), from Persian دیوان (divân, “customs, divan”).

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