renoille

Old French

Alternative forms

regnoulle, reinoille, renoulle
- reneille (suffix substitution, as if *rānicula)
grenoille, grignoille

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rānucula, diminutive from Latin rāna.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rəˈnuʎə/, /ɡrəˈnuʎə/

Noun

renoille oblique singular, m (oblique plural renoilles, nominative singular renoilles, nominative plural renoille)

frog

Descendants

Middle French: renouille, grenouille, guernouille
- French: grenouille

References

“renoille”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*ranŭcŭla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 58

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