essaim
French
noun
Definitions
- swarm (of bees, insects etc.)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin exāmen (swarm, examination, consideration, the tongue of a balance).
Origin
Latin
exāmen
Gloss
swarm, examination, consideration, the tongue of a balance
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- examen English
- *exāmine Latin
- exāmen Latin
- exāminō, exāmināre Latin
- Examen German
- sciame Italian
- examen Dutch, Flemish
- essaimer French
- examen French
- enjambrar Spanish, Castilian
- enjambre Spanish, Castilian
- examen Spanish, Castilian
- enxame Portuguese
- enxamear Portuguese
- examen Swedish
- eksamen Danish
- eixam Catalan, Valencian
- examen Catalan, Valencian
- enxame Galician
- xabardo Galician
- esamifar Ido
- esamo Ido
- eixame Old Portuguese
- examen Romansh
- esam Friulian
- ensamne Old Spanish
- jambre Northern Puebla Nahuatl