noun, masculine/nwa.je/plural: noyers
walnut (tree)
Related: noyer du Brésil
From Vulgar Latin nucārius (“nut tree”) from Classical Latin nux. Compare Spanish noguera, Portuguese nogueira, Catalan noguera, Occitan noguièr. Equivalent to noix + -ier.
/nwa.je/
walnut (tree)
Related: noyer du Brésil
From Vulgar Latin nucārius (“nut tree”) from Classical Latin nux. Compare Spanish noguera, Portuguese nogueira, Catalan noguera, Occitan noguièr. Equivalent to noix + -ier.
to drown; to drown oneself; to drown; to dilute; to water down
“Elle s'est noyée dans l'océan.” — She drowned in the ocean.
Inherited from Old French noier, neier, from Latin necāre (“kill”). The sense of "to drown" can be found in other Romance cognates; compare Catalan negar, Italian annegare, Spanish anegar, Romanian îneca.