lavande

From Middle French lavande (ca. 1300), ultimately from Medieval Latin lavendula. The French form is said to derive from Italian lavanda, though the latter is attested significantly later. Alternatively it may be an independent dissimilation.

• IPA^(key): /la.vɑ̃d/

• Audio; “de la lavande”:

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lavande f (plural lavandes)

1. lavender (the plant)

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

• Vandale, vandale

lavande f

1. plural of lavanda

• Lendava, vandale

lavande

1. vocative masculine singular of lavandus

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lavande f (plural lavandes)

1. (Jersey) common lavender

• lavande cotonnée (“lavender cotton”)

lavande

1. plural of lavandă