zénith

See also: zenith

French

Etymology

Via Middle French zenith, from Old French cenit, from Medieval Latin cenit, ultimately from Arabic سَمْت (samt, “direction, path”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ze.nit/

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Noun

zénith m (plural zéniths)

1. zenith

Descendants

• → Armenian: զենիթ (zenitʻ)
• → Greek: ζενίθ (zeníth)
• → Russian: зени́т (zenít)

Further reading

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