moignon

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from the noun moing (“something crippled, mutilated”), of uncertain origin, possibly a pre-Roman substrate borrowing *munnio, *munno (“blunt”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔ.ɲɔ̃/

Noun

moignon m (plural moignons)

  1. stump (of limb)
  2. stub (of tail)

Further reading
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