Noun: autruche
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | autruche |
| Plural f | autruches |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like autruche
polémochorie,
kératotomie,
farigoule,
compréhension,
palestre,
abnégation,
hyperuricémie,
psychométrie,
minicassette,
piézo-électricité,
potabilité,
aromathérapie,
conjugalité,
conjugaison,
cohésion,
obscurité,
bacillose,
cohæsion,
aponévrotomie,
sylvie, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French ostruce, according to the TLFi, from Vulgar Latin *austrūthiō, from Latin avis (“bird”) + strūthiō (“ostrich”), from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). Compare Spanish avestruz and Italian struzzo. See: Latin Nouns '
avis', Ancient Greek Nouns '
στρουθίων', Spanish Nouns '
avestruz', Italian Nouns '
struzzo'.
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