Noun: nombril
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | nombril |
| Plural m | nombrils |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like nombril
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
Inherited from Middle French nombril, from Old French nonbril, from Vulgar Latin *umbilīculus (compare Occitan embonilh), from Latin umbilīcus. The initial n is probably due to an interference from possessive determiners: Old French mun onbril (“my navel”) → mun nonbril (i.e. a rebracketing). Compare the development of Catalan llombrígol, Romanian buric. Doublet of ombilic, a borrowing. See: Latin Nouns '
umbilīcus', Catalan Nouns '
llombrígol', Romanian Nouns '
buric'.
Verbs referencing "nombril"
Romanian Nouns
buric, Catalan Nouns
llombrígol.
Translations