aiguillon
French
noun
Definitions
- goad
- stinger, sting (of a bee)
- (figuratively) a goad, a stimulant
Etymology
Inherited from Old French aguillon inherited from Latin *aculeo, aculeōnem, *aculeō, aculeus (sting, prick).
Origin
Latin
aculeus
Gloss
sting, prick
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aculeous English
- aculeus English
- *(petra) aquilea Latin
- *aculeo, aculeōnem, *aculeō Latin
- aculeolus Latin
- aculeus Latin
- acus Latin
- aquilegia Latin
- aquileus Latin
- aguijón Spanish, Castilian
- ἀγλαΐα Ancient Greek
- aguillon Old French
- aiglant Old French
- aguilloar Galician
- aguillón Galician
- aculeu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- aguillar Old Portuguese
- aguillon Old Portuguese