phoque

French

noun

Definitions

seal pinniped
sealskin fabric made from fur of seals

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phōca derived from Ancient Greek φώκη (seal, sea dog).

Origin

Ancient Greek

φώκη

Gloss

seal, sea dog

Concept

Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

phoca Latin
phōca Latin
foca Italian
garou French
phoque-garou French
phoquier French
foca Spanish, Castilian
φώκαινα Ancient Greek
φώκη Ancient Greek
foca Portuguese
foka Serbo-Croatian
фока Serbo-Croatian
focă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
φώκια Greek (modern)