libellule

French

Etymology

Borrowed from scientific Latin libellula, from Latin libella.

libellule

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.bɛ.lyl/ ~ /li.be.lyl/

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Noun

libellule f (plural libellules)

1. dragonfly (an insect of the suborder Anisoptera)

Descendants

• → Romanian: libelulă

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

libellule f

1. plural of libellula