cothurne

Learned borrowing from Latin cothurnus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κόθορνος (kóthornos).

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.tyʁn/

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cothurne m (plural cothurnes)

1. (Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece) buskin
2. (theater, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece) cothurnus

   Coordinate term: socque

• “cothurne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

cothurne

1. vocative singular of cothurnus