noyau

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French noyau, from Middle French noyau, from Old French noel, from either Early Medieval Latin nōdellus (“buckle”) or Late Latin nucālis (“nut-like”). Doublet of newel and noil. === Noun === noyau (countable and uncountable, plural noyaus or noyaux) A French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots. [from 18th c.] 1792, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 178: His coffee was excellent, and then came a case of liqueurs, noyau both white and red, etc. (ethology, countable) A small nucleus or core group of people or animals. [from 20th c.] ==== References ==== https://web.archive.org/web/20130330004136/http://www.noyaudepoissy.com/pages/histoire.htm == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French noyau, backformed from Old French noiaus, plural of noial, a variant of Old French noel, from either Early Medieval Latin nōdellus (“buckle”), diminutive of nōdus (“knot”), or Late Latin nucālis (“nut-like”), derivative of nux (“nut”). Compare English newel and noil. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nwa.jo/ Rhymes: -jo === Noun === noyau m (plural noyaux) stone (of a fruit), pit (of a fruit) group (of artists etc.); cell (of terrorists etc.) (geology) core (biology, physics) nucleus (computing) kernel (phonetics, phonology) nucleus of a syllable Antonyms: attaque, coda ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: noyau === Further reading === “noyau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012