pyrénée

only used in monts Pyrénées m pl (“Pyrenean mounts”) and montagnes Pyrénées f (“Pyrenean mountains”); epithet of Venus

“Vénus Pyrénée” — Venus Pyrenaea

Inherited from Middle French pyrenee, from Latin Pyrenaeus (“Pyrenean”), from Ancient Greek Πῡρηναῖος (Pūrēnaîos), from Πῡρήνη (Pūrḗnē, “Pyrene”) + -αῖος (-aîos). By surface analysis, Pyrène + -ée.