amadou

See also: Amadou

English

Etymology

From French amadou (“tinder, lure, bait”), from amadouer (“to allure, caress”), perhaps from Icelandic mata (“to feed”), which is akin to English meat.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈæ.mə.duː/

Noun

amadou (uncountable)

  1. A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.[1]
    Synonym: (dated) German tinder

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References
  1. 1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French *amadou, from amadouer (“to coax, cajole, rub with touchwood”). Alternatively, often considered to be derived from Provençal amadou, from Latin amātōrem (“lover”). More at amadouer.

Pronunciation
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Noun

amadou m (plural amadous)

  1. lure; bait
  2. tinder; kindling; touchwood; spunk

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