épaule

See also: epaule, épaulé, êpaule, and êpaûle

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French espaule, from Old French espalle, from Vulgar Latin *spatla,[1] from Late Latin spathula (“flat, broad piece”),[2] diminutive of Latin spatha (“straight sword”) (whence French épée (“sword”)). Doublet of spatule, which was a borrowing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e.pol/
  • Audio (France, Paris)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ol
  • Homophones: épaulent, épaules
  • Hyphenation: é‧paule

Noun

épaule f (plural épaules)

  1. (anatomy) shoulder

Derived terms

Verb

épaule

  1. inflection of épauler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

References
  1. Clédat, Léon. 1905. Revue de philologie française et de littérature, tome XIX. Paris: Librairie Émile Bouillon. Page 71. https://books.google.com/books?id=SdsxAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
  2. Etymology and history of “épaule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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