411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Artois
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
English
Etymology
en enm Artoys, from en frm Artois, frm Artoys, from en fro Arteis, from en la Atrebatēs; the modern pronunciation has been readjusted after modern fr Artois.
Pronunciation
en /ɑːˈtwɑː/ RP
en /ɑɹˈtwɑ/ GA
Proper noun
en geographic region/and/former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the region of r/Hauts-de-France.
en 1882 A Critical Inquiry Into the Scottish Language with the View of Illustrating the Rise and Progress of Civilisation in Scotland Francisque Michel 61 The chestnut was chestan ( O. Fr. chastaigne); the wild cherry, gean or guin (Fr. guigne), a word still in use, and the name of which may be derived from Guienne, notwithstanding a notion prevailing in the north that the blackaroon, or blacksherry, was originally brought from Guines, in Artois.
en CDP co/Glenn County s/California c/US.
Anagrams
en aiorst à trois Oirats aorist aristo ratios aristo- Sirota raotis satori Rosati
French
thumb|Artois
Etymology
fr cel-pro ine-pro
fr fro Arteis, from fr la Atrebatēs (la pagus Atrebatensis), referring to a pre-Roman Gallo-Germanic tribe in northwestern Gaul.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
fr historical fr former county kingdom:Pref/France in what is now northern c/France
fr historical fr former state empire/Holy Roman Empire in what is now northern c/France
Derived terms
fr artésien
fr Artésien