nombril

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French nombril. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɒmbɹɪl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɑmbɹəl/ === Noun === nombril (plural nombrils) (heraldry) A point halfway between the fess point (centre of the shield) and the middle base (bottom) point of an escutcheon. ==== Synonyms ==== navel point, nombril point ==== Derived terms ==== nombril point ==== Translations ==== === References === “nombril”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French nombril, from Old French nonbril, from Vulgar Latin *umbilīculus (compare Occitan embonilh), from Latin umbilīcus. The initial n is probably due to an interference from possessive determiners: Old French mun onbril (“my navel”) → mun nonbril (i.e. a rebracketing). Compare the development of Catalan llombrígol, Romanian buric. Doublet of ombilic, a borrowing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɔ̃.bʁil/, /nɔ̃.bʁi/ === Noun === nombril m (plural nombrils) navel, belly button middle ==== Derived terms ==== nombrilisme se prendre pour le nombril du monde se regarder le nombril ==== Related terms ==== ombilic === Further reading === “nombril”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French nonbril, from Latin *umbilīculus, from Latin umbilīcus. === Noun === nombril m (plural nombrils) belly button ==== Descendants ==== French: nombril → English: nombril