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empreinte

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French

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Une empreinte

Etymology

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See the verb empreindre

Pronunciation

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Noun

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empreinte f (plural empreintes)

  1. imprint (any visible mark caused by pressure)
    • 1903, Maurice Pillard Verneuil, Étude de la plante‎[1], page 4:
      Celui-ci avançant annuellement avec la croissance du rhizome, les empreintes, qui sont les cicatrices des attaches anciennes, se succèdent sur ce rhizome et le marquent comme d'un sceau.
      As it advances year by year with the growth of the rhizome, the impressions—which are the scars of old attachments—follow one another along the rhizome, marking it as if with a seal.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Spanish: emprenta

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