alvéole
French
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) alveolus
- cell (in honeycomb), alveolus (of beehive)
- cavity (in rock)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin alveolus (small cavity).
Origin
Latin
alveolus
Gloss
small cavity
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alveolus English
- *albiolus Latin
- alveolus Latin
- alveus Latin
- Alveole German
- albiolo Italian
- alveolare Italian
- alveolo Italian
- alvéolage French
- alvéolaire French
- alvéolectomie French
- alvéolite French
- apicoalvéolaire French
- postalvéolaire French
- alvéolo Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European
- alveol Norwegian Bokmål
- alvéolo Portuguese
- alveol Norwegian Nynorsk
- ailbheolas Irish
- alveolă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan