anneau

Inherited from Middle French anneau, from Old French anel, from Latin ānellus, diminutive of ānus (“ring”).

Cognates in regional French languages: Franco-Provençal anèu, Gallo anè, aniao, anot Norman anné, Occitan anèl, Picard èniau.

Cognates with Catalan anell, Corsican anellu, Galician anel, Italian anello, Portuguese anel, Romanian inel, Sicilian aneḍḍu, Spanish anillo.

• IPA^(key): /a.no/

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• Homophones: anaux, annaux, anneaux

anneau m (plural anneaux)

1. ring (circular shape)
2. ring (round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger)
3. (astronomy) ring
4. (juggling) ring
5. (nautical) cringle

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

From Old French anel.

anneau m (plural anneaulx)

1. ring (metal band)

• French: anneau

an- (“un-”) +‎ deau (“right”).

anneau (feminine singular anneau, plural anneau, equative mor anneau, comparative mwy anneau, superlative mwyaf anneau)

1. awkward, clumsy, unskilful

   Antonyms: chwithig, lletchwith, trwsgl, anfedrus

2. unfair, underhand

   Synonyms: annheg, dan din

• lletchwithdod, lletchwithrwydd (“awkwardness”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “anneau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies