méditerrané

See also: Mediterrane

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mediterraneus. Cf. the Old French form mer moiterienne and Middle French Mer Miterraine, which may have evolved more popularly.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /me.di.tɛ.ʁa.ne/, /me.di.te.ʁa.ne/

Adjective

méditerrané (feminine méditerranée, masculine plural méditerranés, feminine plural méditerranées)

  1. inland (remote from the coast)
    • 1908, Napoleon, “Manuscrit XXVI: Études de la nature – histoire naturelle”, in Napoléon; manuscrits inédits, 1786–1791, page 289:
      Le détroit de Davis communique à plusieurs mers méditerranées.
      Davis Strait communicates with several inland seas.

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