calepin
See also: Calepin
French
FWOTD – 13 November 2015
Etymology
From Italian Calepino, named after Ambrogio Calepino (c. 1440–1510), the author of a popular 16th-century Latin dictionary.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kal.pɛ̃/
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Noun
calepin m (plural calepins)
- notebook
- 2012, Françoise Henry, Les îles d'Inishkea, Presses Univ. Septentrion, →ISBN, page 1:
- Ce texte, demeuré inédit, se présente en sept documents : trois cahiers reliés et un petit calepin noir, conservés à la Bibliothèque de la Royal Irish Academy, Dublin; […]
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- 2014, Tim Willocks, Green River, Sonatine, →ISBN:
- Il sortit de sa poche de poitrine un calepin bon marché acheté à la cantine du pénitencier, et un stylo Shaeffer noir à plume en or. Ce stylo était le seul objet en sa possession qui ne venait pas de la prison. Il ouvrit le calepin à une page vierge, […]
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Further reading
- “calepin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Lombard
Alternative forms
- calepì (Eastern orthographies)
Etymology
From Lombard Calepin, surname and nickname of Ambreus Calepin, the author of a popular 16th-century Latin dictionary.
Pronunciation
Noun
calepin m (invariable)
- multilingual ɡlossary.
Coordinate terms
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