corbeille
English
Noun
corbeille (plural corbeilles)
- A decorative basket.
- (historical) A basket of clothing and accessories given as part of the dowry from groom to bride.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin corbicula, diminutive of Latin corbis (“basket”), probably from Frankish *korb, from Proto-Germanic *kurbaz, *krebô (“basket”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“bundle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔʁ.bɛj/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛj
Descendants
- → English: corbeille
Further reading
- “corbeille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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