courtine

Inherited from Middle French courtine, from Old French cortine, from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”).

• IPA^(key): /kuʁ.tin/

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courtine f (plural courtines)

1. curtain
2. curtain wall (fortification)

• “courtine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old French cortine, inherited from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”).

courtine f (plural courtines)

1. curtain

• French: courtine

Borrowed from Classical Latin cortīna (“sacred tripod of Apollo”) and adapted in form to etymology 1.

courtine f (plural courtines)

1. sacred tripod of Apollo

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cortīna”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1237

From Old French cortine, from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”).

courtine f (plural courtines) (Guernsey)

1. curtain