noyer

noyer is masculine in French.

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.