fontenelle

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Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

fontenelle oblique singular, f (oblique plural fontenelles, nominative singular fontenelle, nominative plural fontenelles)

any place where two bones fuse together
(in particular) fontanelle

Descendants[edit]

English: fontanelle
French: fontanelle

References[edit]

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (fontenelle, supplement)

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