étincelle
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French estencele, from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, a metathesis of Latin scintilla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.tɛ̃.sɛl/
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Noun
étincelle f (plural étincelles)
- spark
- 1858, Gustave Aimard, Les Trappeurs de l’Arkansas, Paris: Éditions Amyot:
- Une fumée épaisse chargée d’étincelles passait déjà sur le camp des Mexicains, vingt minutes encore et tout était dit pour eux.
- A thick smoke charged with sparks was already passing on the Mexicans' camp. Twenty minutes more, and everything was done for them.
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Further reading
- “étincelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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