carlovingien

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French Carlovingien, a misconstruction of Carlingien, using Medieval Latin Carlus + -ovingien extracted from Merovingien, instead of Carlinge +‎ -ien. Compare Middle High German Kärling (“Caroling, Karling, Carolingian”, noun). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaʁ.lɔ.vɛ̃.ʒjɛ̃/ === Adjective === carlovingien (feminine carlovingienne, masculine plural carlovingiens, feminine plural carlovingiennes) (obsolete) misconstruction of carolingien; Carlovingian === Further reading === “carolingien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012