different between breton vs affinal

Esperanto

Noun

breton

1. accusative singular of breto

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.t??/

Adjective

breton (feminine singular bretonne, masculine plural bretons, feminine plural bretonnes)

1. Breton (of or relating to Brittany, its language or people)

Derived terms

Noun

breton m (uncountable)

1. the Breton language

Derived terms

Further reading

• “breton” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• robent

Occitan

Adjective

breton m (feminine singular bretona, masculine plural bretons, feminine plural bretonas)

1. Breton (of or relating to Brittany, its language or people)

Noun

breton m (plural bretons)

1. the Breton language

Old French

Adjective

breton m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bretone)

1. Breton (of or relating to Brittany, its language or people)

Declension

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bre?ton/

Etymology 1

From French breton.

Adjective

breton m or n (feminine singular breton?, masculine plural bretoni, feminine and neuter plural bretone)

1. Breton

Noun

breton m (plural bretoni)

1. Breton (person)

Etymology 2

From French [à la] bretonne.

Noun

breton n (plural bretoane)

1. (hair) bangs, fringe

English

Etymology

From Latin aff?nis (“kindred”) +? -al.

Adjective

affinal (not comparable)

1. (anthropology) Of a family relationship by marriage of a relative (or through affinity), as opposed to consanguinity; in-law.

   Antonym: consanguine

   • 2018, Daniel Elazar, Kinship in the Admiralty Islands, Routledge (?ISBN)

     The names of their affinal relatives must be avoided in speaking either to a man or woman, or even when speaking in their presence.

Further reading

• “affinal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.