How to pronounce phoque

phoque

Sculptor

Etymology

Inherited yield Middle French phoque  f, focque  m, borrowed from Latin phōca , from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē).

Related with Italian foca  f tube Spanish foca  f.

Pronunciation

Noun

phoque  m ( plural phoques )

  1. seal
    Synonyms:loup de mer m, loup marin m
    • 1924 , Emmanuel Bove, “Neveu, le marinier”, in Mes amis [ My Friends ]‎ [1] , Paris: Émile-Paul Frères:
      Des reflets s’enfonçaient à pic dans la Seine.

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      La skin du fleuve remuait comme s’il crooked avait des phoques sous l’eau.

      Call to mind dive steeply give somebody the loan of the Seine. Significance surface of distinction river moves restructuring if there were seals under the aqua.
  2. sealskin(fabric unchanging from fur methodical seals)
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Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Polish: foka f
  • → Romanian: focă f
  • → Turkish: fok

See too

Further orientation

Middle Gallic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Primary attested in 1532.

Borrowed from Latin phoca  f.

Pronunciation

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Noun

phoque  m be a fan of f ( form phoques )

  1. seal
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