aiguille
French
noun
Definitions
- (botany) needle
- needle (of compass); hand (of watch); spire (of church)
- (railway) point (UK), switch (US)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French aguille inherited from Latin *acūcla, acus (needle, pin, sharp, a needle non-gloss definition, husk).
Origin
Latin
acus
Gloss
needle, pin, sharp, a needle non-gloss definition, husk
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
鋭
Emoji
💉 🧵 🪡
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acnode English
- acupuncture English
- aiguille English
- *acūcla Latin
- acicula Latin
- acuarius Latin
- aculeus Latin
- acus Latin
- ago Italian
- agucchia Italian
- aiglet French
- aiguillage French
- aiguiller French
- aiguillette French
- aiguillot French
- aguja Spanish, Castilian
- agujero Spanish, Castilian
- agujeta Spanish, Castilian
- agujón Spanish, Castilian
- guardagujas Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- agulha Portuguese
- ägiljett Swedish
- acula Old Norse
- aguille Old French
- ac Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- aidgulle Norman
- aigùule Norman
- edjulle Norman
- aguha Tagalog
- agulla Old Portuguese
- ac Aromanian
- *akus Proto-Italic
- aguoglia Romansh
- guglia Romansh
- guila Romansh
- guoglia Romansh
- vila Romansh
- aguya Asturian
- agulha Old Occitan
- augghia Sicilian
- juac Dalmatian
- aco Neapolitan
- ago Istriot
- a̱co̱xaj Mecayapan Nahuatl
- agåccia Emilian
- gùccia Emilian
- gùcia Emilian
- acoxa Northern Puebla Nahuatl
- acuša Copainalá Zoque