artère
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French artere, artaire, borrowed from Latin artēria, from Ancient Greek ἀρτηρία (artēría).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʁ.tɛʁ/
- Homophone: artères
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Noun
artère f (plural artères)
- (anatomy) artery (blood vessel)
- thoroughfare
Related terms
Descendants
- → Turkish: arter
Further reading
- “artère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.