airain

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French arain, from Vulgar Latin *arāmen, variant of Late Latin aerāmen, derived from Latin aer-. Cognate with Catalan aram, Italian rame, Occitan aram, Portuguese arame, Romanian aramă, Sardinian arràmene, Sicilian ramu, Spanish alambre (“wire”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ.ʁɛ̃/ ~ /e.ʁɛ̃/ Rhymes: -ɛ̃ === Noun === airain m (plural airains) (literary, uncountable) any alloy based on copper; bronze (literary, countable) object made of this alloy ==== Derived terms ==== d'airain === Further reading === “airain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012