langue de cerf

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French langue de cerf.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɑ̃ɡ də sɛʁf/

Noun

langue de cerf f (plural langues de cerf)

  1. Synonym of scolopendre (“hart's-tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)”)

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

langue +‎ de +‎ cerf. Mentioned in Olivier de Serres' Théâtre d'Agriculture et mesnage des champs (1600).[1]

Noun

langue de cerf f (plural langue de cerfs)

  1. Synonym of scolopendre (“hart's-tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)”)

Descendants
  • French: langue de cerf

References
  1. “scolopendre” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
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