Noun: nonc
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | nonc |
| Plural m | noncs |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like nonc
trichogramme,
wintergreen,
urinoir,
contrespionnage,
aréomètre,
palefroi,
whiskey,
whippin,
tee-shirt,
hypocycloïde,
surrisque,
lanternon,
dissentiment,
phonogramme,
phonographe,
trioxygène,
fétichisme,
synode,
synthé,
modérantisme, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Rebracketing of any of several French determiners which trigger the [n] sound during liaison (e.g. un, mon, son), and of the word oncle (“uncle”). In Louisiana French, certain word-final consonant clusters tend to be reduced, including the sequence [-kl], which becomes [-l] (cf. article, miracle, siècle). The spelling nonc reflects this loss of final [l].
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