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noun, masculine

frêne

/fʁɛn/

noun, masculine/fʁɛn/plural: frênes

ash tree

Related: agrile du frêne, frêne commun

Inherited from Middle French fresne, from Old French fresne, fraisne, from Latin fraxinus, from *bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, adjective of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos (“birch”).