écran

See also: ecran and êcran

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French écran, from Old French escran, escren, borrowed from Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch *skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.kʁɑ̃/
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Noun

écran m (plural écrans)

screen
un écran de télévision ― a television screen

Usage notes

Not to be confused with écrin (“jewel box”).

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: ekran
→ Bulgarian: екра́н (ekrán)
→ Khmer: អេក្រង់ (eekrɑŋ)
→ Portuguese: ecrã, écran
→ Romanian: ecran
→ Russian: экран (ekran), экра́нъ (ekrán)
- → Armenian: էկրան (ēkran)
- → Estonian: ekraan
- → Georgian: ეკრანი (eḳrani)
- → Kazakh: экран (ékran)
- → Uyghur: ئېكران (ëkran)
→ Serbo-Croatian: ekran
→ Turkish: ekran

Further reading

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

Anagrams

ancre, ancré, cerna, crâne, encra, nacre, rance

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French écran.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.kɾɐ̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.kɾɐn/

Hyphenation: é‧cran

Noun

écran m (plural écrans)

Alternative form of ecrã

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