témoin
See also: têmoin
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French tesmoing, from Old French tesmoin, from Latin testimōnium (also borrowed in Old French testemoingne).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te.mwɛ̃/
Audio (un témoin) (file) - Homophone: témoins
- Rhymes: -wɛ̃, -ɛ̃
- Hyphenation: té‧moin
Noun
témoin m (plural témoins, feminine (rare) témoignesse or (nonstandard) témouine)
Usage notes
- The masculine noun is generally used for both male and female witnesses.
Derived terms
- appartement-témoin
- barre des témoins
- butte témoin, butte-témoin
- faux témoin
- passation de témoin
- passer le témoin
- prendre à témoin
- témoin à charge
- témoin à décharge
- témoin auriculaire
- témoin de Jéhovah
- témoin de navigation
- témoin oculaire
- Témoins de Jéhovah
Related terms
Further reading
- “témoin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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