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)

    1. 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

    Descendants

    • English: taxidermy
    • Portuguese: taxidermia
    • Romanian: taxidermie

    Further reading

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French taxidermie.

    Noun

    taxidermie f (uncountable)

    1. taxidermy

    Declension

    Declension of taxidermie
    singular only indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative taxidermie taxidermia
    genitive-dative taxidermii taxidermiei
    vocative taxidermie, taxidermio