haleine

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French aleine, deverbal from alener (“to breathe”), from Medieval Latin anhēlō by metathesis. The h appeared around the 16th century under the influence of Latin hālō (“to blow”). === Pronunciation === (mute h) IPA(key): /a.lɛn/ Homophones: alène, alènes, alêne, alênes, allen, Allen, allène, allènes, haleines, halène, halènent, halènes Rhymes: -ɛn === Noun === haleine f (plural haleines) breath breathing, respiration ==== Derived terms ==== à perdre haleine de longue haleine hors d'haleine tenir en haleine ==== Related terms ==== haleter anhélation === Further reading === “haleine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === inhalée