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noyau.

stone (of a fruit), pit (of a fruit)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/nwa.jo/
  1. stone (of a fruit), pit (of a fruit)

    masculine
  2. group (of artists etc.); cell (of terrorists etc.)

    masculine
  3. core

    masculine
  4. nucleus

    masculine
  5. kernel

    masculine
  6. nucleus of a syllable

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French noyau, backformed from Old French noiaus, plural of noial, a variant of Old French noel, from either Early Medieval Latin nōdellus (“buckle”), diminutive of nōdus (“knot”), or Late Latin nucālis (“nut-like”), derivative of nux (“nut”). Compare English newel and noil.

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