havresac

French

Alternative forms

habresac (dialectal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German Haawersack and/or German Habersack (literally “oat-sack”), from Hafer + Sack. Compare Dutch haverzak.

Pronunciation

^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.vʁə.sak/

Noun

havresac m (plural havresacs)

haversack [from 1680]

Descendants

→ English: haversack

Further reading

“havresac”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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