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nombril.

navel, belly button

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/nɔ̃.bʁil//nɔ̃.bʁi/
  1. navel, belly button

    masculine
  2. middle

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French nombril, from Old French nonbril, from Vulgar Latin *umbilīculus (compare Occitan embonilh), from Latin umbilīcus. The initial n is probably due to an interference from possessive determiners: Old French mun onbril (“my navel”) → mun nonbril (i.e. a rebracketing). Compare the development of Catalan llombrígol, Romanian buric. Doublet of ombilic, a borrowing.

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