épingle
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See also: épinglé
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *spingula, a cross between Late Latin spīnula and spīcula. Cognate with Neapolitan spingula.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]épingle f (plural épingles)
- pin (small device, made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening)
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
See also
[edit]- aiguille f
Further reading
[edit]- “épingle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.