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échine

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See also: echine and échiné

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French eschine, from Frankish *skina, from Germanic. Compare German Schienbein (tibia).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.ʃin/
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Noun

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échine f (plural échines)

  1. spinal column; backbone; spine of an animal
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1 (overall work in German), Berlin: S. Fischer, page 577:
      Regarde les omoplates se remuer sous la peau soyeuse du dos, et l’échine qui descend vers la luxuriance double et fraîche des fesses, et les grandes branches des vases et des nerfs qui passent du tronc aux rameaux par les aisselles, et comme la structure des bras correspond à celle des jambes.
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Derived terms

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Verb

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échine

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

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