Etymology

aiguille

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Today it means: A needle-shaped peak. Full definition →

First used 19th c.French aiguille
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  1. French · borrowed fromaiguille
  2. French · borrowed fromaiguille
  3. English todayaiguille

Borrowed from French aiguille (“needle”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchaiguille all →

aiguillesque

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. A needle-shaped peak.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.