cèpe
English
Noun
cèpe (plural cèpes)
- Alternative spelling of cepe (mushroom Boletus edulis, porcini).
French
Etymology
A shortened form of cèpe de Bordeaux; from the Gascon (dialect of Occitan) cep (literally “trunk”), in reference to the mushroom's fat stalk,[1] from Latin cippus. Doublet of cep, cippe, and sep.
Pronunciation
Noun
cèpe m (plural cèpes)
- cep, porcini (edible mushroom, Boletus edulis)
References
- ^ Grigson, Jane (1975). The Mushroom Feast. London: Penguin. p. 8. →ISBN
Further reading
- “cèpe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.