Noun: corail
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | corail |
| Plural m | coraux |
Sample Sentences
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C'est à ce dernier qu'appartient le corail, curieuse substance qui fut tour à tour classée dans les règnes minéral, végétal et animal. (It's in this last that precious coral belongs, an unusual substance that, at different times, has been classified in the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms.) [1870, Jules Verne, Vingt Mille Lieues Sous Les Mers [Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas], Paris: J. Hetzel et Compagnie, part 1:]
Etymology
From Latin corallium (“coral”), from Ancient Greek κοράλλιον (korállion, “coral”).
Verbs referencing "corail"
English Nouns
coral.
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