Noun: éventail
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | éventail |
| Plural m | éventails |
Sample Sentences
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un éventail de possibilités (a range of possibilities)
Nouns inflected like éventail
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
From éventer (“to ventilate”) + -ail. For the figurative meaning, compare Polish wachlarz, Spanish abanico. See: Polish Nouns '
wachlarz', Spanish Nouns '
abanico'.
Verbs referencing "éventail"
Italian Nouns
ventaglio, Polish Nouns
wachlarz, Romanian Nouns
evantai.
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