méditerrané
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See also: Mediterrane
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin mediterraneus. Cf. the Old French form mer moiterienne and Middle French Mer Miterraine, which may have evolved more popularly.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
méditerrané (feminine méditerranée, masculine plural méditerranés, feminine plural méditerranées)
- 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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Further reading[edit]
- “méditerrané”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.