chilindre

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1380 in Problemes d'Aristote by Evrart de Conty. From Latin cylindrus, that borrowed from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros).

Noun

chilindre m (plural chilindres)

  1. cylinder (shape)

Descendants

  • French: cylindre
    • → Ottoman Turkish: سلندر (silinder), سیلندر (silindir)
      • Turkish: silindir
    • → Romanian: cilindru
  • → English: cylinder
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