losange

losange (plural losanges)

1. Obsolete form of lozenge.

• Angelos, Gleason, Nogales, engaols, esolang, salogen

Borrowed from French losange.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [luˈzaɲ.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [loˈzaɲ.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [loˈzaɲ.d͡ʒe]

losange m (plural losanges)

1. lozenge (shape)

• rombe

• “losange”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Middle French losange, losenge, from Old French losenge (“a drawn shape on fabric, rhombus”), of obscure origin. Perhaps ultimately from Gaulish *lausā (“flat stone, stone slab”). Alternatively, perhaps from earlier Old French losenge (“flattery, deceitful praise”), from the notion the shape was reminiscent of the square flat slabs of tombstones upon which fulsome epithets of undue praise and flattery were written.

• IPA^(key): /lo.zɑ̃ʒ/

losange m (plural losanges)

1. rhombus
2. (heraldry) lozenge

• rhombe

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

• égalons
• Solange

losange

1. alternative form of losenge

• IPA^(key): /loˈsanxe/ [loˈsãŋ.xe]
• Rhymes: -anxe
• Syllabification: lo‧san‧ge

losange m (plural losanges)

1. rhombus

   Synonym: rombo

2. (heraldry) lozenge

   Synonym: losanje

• macla, rustro

• “losange”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024