piémont

See also: Piemont and Piémont

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Pedemontem, from Latin ad pedem montium. By surface analysis, pied (“foot”) +‎ -mont (“hill”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pje.mɔ̃/
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Noun

piémont m (plural piémonts)

foothill

Descendants

→ Catalan: piemont
→ Romanian: piemont

Further reading

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

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