âne

Inherited from Middle French asne, from Old French asne, from Latin asinus.

• IPA^(key): /an/ ~ /ɑn/

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âne m (plural ânes, feminine ânesse)

1. donkey, ass
2. idiot, moron
3. dunce

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

• ENA

From Old French asne, from Latin asinus.

âne m (plural ânes)

1. (Jersey) donkey
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 539:

     L'âne de Balaam a pâlaï j'airon du macré.

     Balaam's ass has spoken, we shall soon have mackerel.

• âne dé mé (“common murre”)