gorgone

Learned borrowing from Latin Gorgō, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Γοργώ (Gorgṓ).

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔʁ.ɡɔn/

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gorgone f (plural gorgones)

1. gorgon
2. northern wall brown (Lasiommata petropolitana)
3. soft coral (Alcyonacea)

• “gorgone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Latin Gorgōnem, from Ancient Greek Γοργώ (Gorgṓ), from γοργός (gorgós, “terrible”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔr.ɡo.ne/, /ɡorˈɡo.ne/
• Rhymes: -ɔrɡone, -one
• Hyphenation: gòr‧go‧ne, gor‧gó‧ne

gorgone f (plural gorgoni)

1. gorgon

• reggono

gorgone

1. instrumental/vocative singular of gorgonė (“gorgon”)