Noun: tonlieu
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | tonlieu |
| Plural m | tonlieux |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like tonlieu
renouveau,
pocheteau,
berceau,
métamatériau,
ypréau,
ypreau,
chaudeau,
lanterneau,
lapineau,
bordeau,
lapereau,
bouleau,
paonneau,
bandeau,
barreau,
bardeau,
barbeau,
zoziau,
mâtineau,
colineau, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French tonliu, tolniu, from Vulgar Latin *tolōnēum, variant of Latin telōnēum (“tollbooth, custom house”), from Ancient Greek τελωνεῖον (telōneîon, “custom house”). Influenced by lieu due to folk etymology. See: Latin Nouns '
telōnēum'.
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