la
/min/
Translation
look, appearance; mine (pit); pencil lead
Word origin
The two senses are usually traced to different roots, and sources disagree on how far they belong together.
- Origin
- disputed
- Root
- mine
Other proposed origins
- The 'appearance' sense is most often traced to Breton min ('muzzle, snout, face'), borrowed into French from Celtic. (min)
- The 'pit, ore' sense is generally derived from Gaulish mina ('ore'), the source of English 'mine' and 'mineral' by way of Old French. (mina)
Grammar
Examples
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You are looking well this morning.
grippe.
She was looking poorly after her flu.
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He arrived at the meeting with a serious look on his face.
- quarante .
His grandfather worked in the mine for forty years.
crayon ' .
The lead of my pencil has broken.
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