méduse

See also: meduse, Meduse, Méduse, and médusé

French

Des méduses.

Etymology

From Méduse (“Medusa (Greek mythology)”), from Latin Medusa, from Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa), from μέδω (médō, “rule over”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.dyz/

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• Homophones: médusent, méduses, Méduse
• Hyphenation: mé‧duse

Noun

méduse f (plural méduses)

1. jellyfish

Verb

méduse

1. inflection of méduser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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