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noun, masculine

encéphale

/ɑ̃.se.fal/

noun, masculine/ɑ̃.se.fal/plural: encéphales

encephalon, brain

Related: encéphalique, encéphalite

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).