orcanette

== French == === Alternative forms === orcanète f === Etymology === From orcanet (“bugloss”) +‎ -ette (a feminizing suffix), an orthographic variant of the Old French arquenet (m), the diminutive form of Old French arquin (m), alcanne (“antimony”). Compare the Spanish alcana. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔʁ.ka.nɛt/ === Noun === orcanette f (plural orcanettes) bugloss, alkanet ==== Derived terms ==== orcanette des teinturiers (Alkanna tinctoria) orcanette jaune (Alkanna lutea) orcanette tinctoriale ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: orcaneta === Further reading === “orcanette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012