fléau
French
noun
Definitions
- A flail, either tool or weapon.
- A scourge; a curse, a calamity or a plague.
- (mechanics) The beam of a mechanical balance.
Etymology
Inherited from Old French flaiel inherited from Latin flagellum (whip, whipping flail).
Origin
Latin
flagellum
Gloss
whip, whipping flail
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- flagellate English
- flagellist English
- flagellum English
- *fragellum Latin
- flagello Latin
- flagellum Latin
- flagrum Latin
- flagellum Dutch, Flemish
- flagelo Spanish, Castilian
- δῖνος Ancient Greek
- φραγέλλιον Ancient Greek
- χοανη Ancient Greek
- *bʰlag- Proto-Indo-European
- flagelo Portuguese
- *-ilaz Proto-Germanic
- flaiel Old French
- flagel Catalan, Valencian
- flagell Catalan, Valencian
- flagel Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sroigell Old Irish
- *flegil Old Dutch
- φραγέλλιον gkm