lèvre
See also: levre
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French lévre, from Old French levre, earlier lavras (plural) (ca. 980), from Vulgar Latin labra, originally a neuter plural of Latin labrum, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down, droop”). An Old and Middle French variant, leffre, may have blended with Old High German leffur (“lip”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlèvre f (plural lèvres)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “lèvre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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editNorman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French levre, earlier lavras (plural), from Vulgar Latin labra, originally a neuter plural of Latin labrum (“lip”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down, droop”).
Noun
editlèvre f (plural lèvres)
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