puîné

See also: puìne

French

Alternative forms

puiné (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French puisné (literally “born after”), from puis né.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɥi.ne/
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Rhymes: -e

Adjective

puîné (feminine puînée, masculine plural puînés, feminine plural puînées)

(law, literary) cadet (born after a sibling)
Synonym: cadet

Antonym: aîné
(law, Canada) puisne

Noun

puîné m (plural puînés, feminine puînée)

(law, literary) cadet (someone born after a sibling)
Synonym: cadet

Antonym: aîné

Further reading

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

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