extrémité

See also: extremité

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.stʁe.mi.te/

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Etymology

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Latin extrēmus

Latin -tās

Latin extrēmitāsbor.

Old French estremité

Middle French extremite

French extrémité

Inherited from Middle French extremite f, inherited from Old French estremité f, adapted borrowing of Latin extrēmitātem f.

By surface analysis, extrême +‎ -ité.

Noun

extrémité f (plural extrémités)

2. extremity
3. tip; end; top (furthermost or highest part)

   Synonym: terminaison f

4. extreme

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Descendants

• → Romanian: extremitate f

Further reading

• “extrémité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.