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noun, feminine

enclume

/ɑ̃.klym/

noun, feminine/ɑ̃.klym/plural: enclumes

anvil (block used in blacksmithing); anvil, incus

Inherited from Old French anclume, from Latin incūs, incūdem, through a variant Vulgar Latin form *incūdō, incūdinem (compare Italian incudine). The intrusive -l- probably influenced by Latin inclūdō.