escran

Middle French

Etymology

Old French, borrowed from Middle Dutch scherm.

Noun

escran m (plural escrans)

screen (physical barrier for protection or to block out light)

Descendants

French: écran
- → Azerbaijani: ekran
- → Bulgarian: екра́н (ekrán)
- → Khmer: អេក្រង់ (eekrɑŋ)
- → Portuguese: ecrã, écran
- → Romanian: ecran
- → Russian: экран (ekran), экра́нъ (ekrán)
  - → Armenian: էկրան (ēkran)
  - → Estonian: ekraan
  - → Georgian: ეკრანი (eḳrani)
  - → Kazakh: экран (ékran)
  - → Uyghur: ئېكران (ëkran)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ekran
- → Turkish: ekran

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (escran, supplement)
Etymology and history of “écran”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. (for the etymology)

Old French

Alternative forms

escren, escrein

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Dutch scherm.

Noun

escran oblique singular, m (oblique plural escrans, nominative singular escrans, nominative plural escran)

screen (physical barrier for protection or to block out light)

Descendants

Middle French: escran
- French: écran
  - → Azerbaijani: ekran
  - → Bulgarian: екра́н (ekrán)
  - → Khmer: អេក្រង់ (eekrɑŋ)
  - → Portuguese: ecrã, écran
  - → Romanian: ecran
  - → Russian: экран (ekran), экра́нъ (ekrán)
    - → Armenian: էկրան (ēkran)
    - → Estonian: ekraan
    - → Georgian: ეკრანი (eḳrani)
    - → Kazakh: экран (ékran)
    - → Uyghur: ئېكران (ëkran)
  - → Serbo-Croatian: ekran
  - → Turkish: ekran
→ Middle English: scren, screne
- English: screen

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (escran, supplement)
Etymology and history of “écran”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. (for the etymology)

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