Ghislaine

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Ghislaine. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɪˈleɪn/, /ɡɪˈlɛn/ As a 20th-century borrowing from Modern French, the name exhibits competing adaptation strategies. The variants with /-eɪn/ follow a hybrid pattern typical of French loans during the Modern period (compare moraine or the given name Lorraine), retaining modern French final stress while applying the traditional English spelling-to-sound rule for Anglo-Norman ⟨ai⟩. The variants with /-ɛn/ are direct phonetic approximations of modern French Ghislaine (“[ɡilɛn]”). Rhymes: -eɪn, -ɛn === Proper noun === Ghislaine A female given name from French. ==== Translations ==== == French == === Alternative forms === Ghyslaine, Gislaine, Guilaine, Guislaine, Guylaine === Etymology === From Ghislain +‎ -e. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡi.lɛn/, /ʒi.slɛn/ === Proper noun === Ghislaine f (masculine Ghislain) a female given name from the Germanic languages, female equivalent of Ghislain ==== Related terms ====