aquilon
See also: Aquilon
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ki.lɔ̃/
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Noun
aquilon m (plural aquilons)
- north wind
- Racine, Esther III.3:
- D'un souffle l'aquilon écarte les nuages,
Et chasse au loin la foudre et les orages.- In a breath the north wind dispels the clouds,
and drive the lightning and storm far away.
- In a breath the north wind dispels the clouds,
- D'un souffle l'aquilon écarte les nuages,
- (literary) strong wind, gale
- 1820, Alphonse de Lamartine, L'isolement :
- Et moi, je suis semblable à la feuille flétrie :
Emportez-moi comme elle, orageux aquilons !- As for me, I am like a withered leaf.
Carry me like a leaf, stormy gale!
- As for me, I am like a withered leaf.
- Et moi, je suis semblable à la feuille flétrie :
Further reading
- “aquilon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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