lône

See also: lone, Lone, lőne, and lőné

French

Etymology

From Franco-Provençal lona, ultimately of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lon/
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Noun

lône f (plural lônes)

(Lyon dialect) an anabranch of the river Rhone
(by extension, hydrology) any diverging branch of a river
Synonym: bras

Further reading

“lône”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
lône on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

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