noun, masculine/a.no/plural: anneaux
ring (circular shape); ring (round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger); ring; cringle
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.