orcanette

French

Alternative forms

orcanète f

Etymology

From orcanet (“bugloss”) +‎ -ette (a feminizing suffix), an orthographic variant of the Old French arquenet (m), the diminutive form of Old French arquin (m), alcanne (“antimony”). Compare the Spanish alcana.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.ka.nɛt/

Noun

orcanette f (plural orcanettes)

bugloss, alkanet
- 1924, Marcel Hégelbacher, La Parfumerie et la Savonnerie, page 131:
  La coloration des crayons était autrefois presque uniquement obtenue avec le racine d’orcanette restant, au bain-marie, en contact avec la matière grasse.
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Derived terms

Further reading

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

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