églantier

French

Etymology

From Old French aiglant (“wild rosebush”) +‎ -ier, with the first element derived from an apparent Vulgar Latin *aquilentum, an irregular derivative of Latin aculeus (“sting, prickle”) +‎ -ulentum (“full of”), possibly a substantivized adjective. The later addition of the suffix -ier is in line with several French names of trees, cf. pommier (“apple-tree”), from pomme (“apple”) +‎ -ier, or genévrier (“juniper tree”), from genièvre +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.ɡlɑ̃.tje/

Noun

églantier m (plural églantiers)

  1. (botany) wild rosebush

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