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Help me with obscure word

Frankie Smith · 2005-04-25 00:56:01

there is a word in french which means basically a married woman's lover, or lover generally. i think it is of greek origin and certainly does not look french at first glance. the word eludes me, it is just beyond the tip of my tongue. i cannot sleep: please help me find this word. it is in my huge dictionary, but i cannot…

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Frankie Smith

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there is a word in french which means basically a married woman's lover, or lover generally. i think it is of greek origin and certainly does not look french at first glance. the word eludes me, it is just beyond the tip of my tongue. i cannot sleep: please help me find this word. it is in my huge dictionary, but i cannot find it.

thank you.

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#2 27-04-2005 3:14pm

rom1

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Any of those?
amant, adorateur, amateur, ami, amoureux, béguin, berger, bien-aimé, bon ami, bonhomme, branque, branquignol, céladon, chéri, colin, copain, favori, flirt, galant, gigolo, godelureau, greluchon, guignol, homme, jules, maquereau, mec, miché, micheton, minet, petit ami, play-boy, poète, prétendant, rival, soupirant, tourtereau, type, vieux, vieux beau.

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#3 28-04-2005 2:09pm

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It must be céladon - http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=celadon

Hey, anyone know if there's a French on-line dictionary as good as dictionary.com? (With definitions in French and etymologies).

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#4 04-05-2005 5:12pm

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i checked in my dictionary but it didn't gave the etymology.

but a céladon is a platonic and sentimental lover.

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#5 04-05-2005 6:44pm

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The etymology is on the page quoted by 'simu':
[French, after Céladon, a character in L'Astrée, a romance by Honoré d'Urfé (1568-1625), French writer, afterCeladn, a character in Ovid's Metamorphoses.]

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#6 05-05-2005 5:31pm

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it's none of those unfortunately, but thanks for trying. someday my eye will cross over it, then, and only then, let my epitaph be written...

http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?resource=frengdict is a pretty good site

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#7 05-05-2005 5:36pm

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incube?

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#8 06-05-2005 4:36pm

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Frankie Smith wrote:

it's none of those unfortunately, but thanks for trying. someday my eye will cross over it, then, and only then, let my epitaph be written...

http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?resource=frengdict is a pretty good site

Make sure you tell us too! The suspense is killing!

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#9 07-05-2005 9:06am

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damn! wonder which word it could be!

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#10 20-05-2005 1:09pm

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Look up a Littré dictionary; thats bound to have it.

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#11 23-05-2005 11:47am

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concubin?

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#12 23-05-2005 5:24pm

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no, concubin means the guy which you're living with but not married with. it doesn't fit with the description frankie gave to us.
wonder what is it, i'm sure i will not sleep this night because this

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#13 23-05-2005 7:55pm

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no, thats not it unfortunately.

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#14 11-06-2005 10:02pm

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simu wrote:

Online dictionary...?.

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=265060 - hurrah, cross-referencing threads

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#15 11-06-2005 10:11pm

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cicisbeo

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#16 22-06-2006 3:06am

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sigisbée?

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