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ceinturon
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ceinturon m (plural ceinturons)
- leather belt for holding knives, swords, daggers, etc.
- 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes amis [My Friends], Paris: Émile-Paul Frères:
- Elle préfère les hommes qui portent un uniforme. On l’a vue, la main sous le ceinturon blanc d’un garde républicain.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (by extension) any wide leather belt
Derived terms
- ceinturonnier
Further reading
- “ceinturon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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