salamandre

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

salamandre f (plural salamandres)

1. salamander (amphibian)

Synonyms

• (Louisiana, Cajun French) chien de terre f

Descendants

• → Romanian: salamandră

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

salamandre f

1. plural of salamandra

Old French

Noun

salamandre oblique singular, f (oblique plural salamandres, nominative singular salamandre, nominative plural salamandres)

1. salamander (amphibian)
   • c. 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire, line 660:

     Salamandre est dit, si cum truvum escrit,

     It is called salamander, which is how we find it written