tanière

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

tanière

from Middle French taisnere, tesniere 'animal refuge', from Old French taisson 'badger', from Vulgar Latin taxo, taxonis 'badger', from Gaulish (cf. Scottish Gaelic taghan 'marten', Old Irish tadg 'badger').

Definitions

Synonyms

Plural

tanières

Hyponym

Translations

  • germangerman:Schlupfwinkel
  • englishenglish:hideaway
  • spanishspanish:escondrijo
  • finnishfinnish:luola
  • russianrussian:берлога
  • swedishswedish:gömställe

See also