empan

French

Etymology

From Old French espan with change of prefix to em-; borrowed from Frankish *spanna, from Proto-Germanic *spānnõ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to stretch”). Cognate with English span.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.pɑ̃/
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Noun

empan m (plural empans)

spand, span (imperial measurement equivalent to nine inches)

Further reading

“empan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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