chilindre

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1380 in Problemes d'Aristote by Evrart de Conty. From Latin cylindrus, that borrowed from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros).

Noun

chilindre m (plural chilindres)

cylinder (shape)

Descendants

French: cylindre
- → Ottoman Turkish: سلندر (silinder), سیلندر (silindir)
  - Turkish: silindir
- → Romanian: cilindru
→ English: cylinder
- → Japanese: シリンダー (shirindā)
- → Korean: 실린더 (sillindeo)

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