taxidermie
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τᾰ́ξῐς (tắxĭs, “arrangement”, “order”) + δέρμᾰ (dérmă, “skin”). First attested in 1803.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tak.si.dɛʁ.mi/
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Noun
taxidermie f (plural taxidermies)
- taxidermy
- 1803, “TAXIDERMIE”, in Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle appliquée aux arts: principalement à l'agriculture et à l'économie rurale et domestique, volume XXI, Paris: Chez Deterville, page 509:
- Maugé, sur-tout, inventa plusieurs procédés utiles en faveur de la Taxidermie moderne.
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Derived terms
- taxidermique
- taxidermiser
- taxidermiste
Descendants
- → English: taxidermy
- → Portuguese: taxidermia
- → Romanian: taxidermie
Further reading
- “taxidermie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French taxidermie.
Noun
taxidermie f (uncountable)
Declension
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | taxidermie | taxidermia |
| genitive-dative | taxidermii | taxidermiei |
| vocative | taxidermie, taxidermio | |