coccinelle
French
Etymology
Adaptation of Scientific Latin Coccinella, formed based on coccinus, from coccum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔk.si.nɛl/
Audio (Quebec, Montreal): (file) - Homophone: coccinelles
- Hyphenation: coc‧ci‧nelle
Noun
coccinelle f (plural coccinelles)
- ladybird, ladybeetle, ladybug
- Synonym: bête à Bon Dieu
Descendants
- → Hebrew: קוֹקְסִינֶל (koksinél)
Further reading
- “coccinelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kot.t͡ʃiˈnɛl.le/
- Rhymes: -ɛlle
- Hyphenation: coc‧ci‧nèl‧le
Noun
coccinelle f
- plural of coccinella