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Thresor de la langue françoyse. Jean Nicot.
Thresor de la langue françoyse. Jean Nicot.
concombre — (kon kon br ) s. m. 1° Plante potagère qui produit des fruits très gros et à peu près cylindriques (cucumis sativus, L.). Le fruit de cette plante. • On me servait du veau aux concombres ou aux oignons, CHATEAUB. Itin. II, 841.… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
cucumber — [14] English acquired this word as cucumer, by direct borrowing from Latin cucumer, which may originally have been a word of some pre Italic Mediterranean language. The form spelled with a b did not appear until the 15th century. It seems to have … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
cucumber — noun 1》 a long, green skinned fruit with watery flesh, eaten raw in salads. 2》 the widely cultivated climbing plant of the gourd family which yields cucumbers, originally native to the Chinese Himalayan region. [Cucumis sativus.] Phrases (as)… … English new terms dictionary
concombre — Un Concombre, Cucumer, vel Cucumis. Aucuns escrivent Coucombre. Le lieu où croissent les concombres, Cumerarium. Concombre sauvage ou erratique, Cucumis anguineus … Thresor de la langue françoyse
cucumber — [14] English acquired this word as cucumer, by direct borrowing from Latin cucumer, which may originally have been a word of some pre Italic Mediterranean language. The form spelled with a b did not appear until the 15th century. It seems to have … Word origins