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noun, feminine

alêne

/a.lɛn/

noun, feminine/a.lɛn/plural: alênes

awl (pointed instrument for piercing)

Related: alêné

Inherited from Old French alesne, from Vulgar Latin *alisna (“awl”), from Frankish *alisnu, *alasnu (“awl”). Doublet of lésine.