extrait

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin extractumlbor.

French extraitbor.

English extrait

Borrowed from French extrait.

Noun

extrait (plural extraits)

1. (perfumery) Synonym of parfum (“solvent containing around 15% to 40% aromatic compounds”).

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.stʁɛ/

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Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin extractum.

Noun

extrait m (plural extraits)

1. an extract
2. (film) a clip
3. an excerpt

Descendants

• → English: extrait
• → Turkish: ekstre

Etymology 2

Alteration of Old French estrait (past participle of estraire), from Latin extractus.

Verb

extrait

1. third-person singular present indicative of extraire

Participle

extrait (feminine extraite, masculine plural extraits, feminine plural extraites)

1. past participle of extraire

Adjective

extrait (feminine extraite, masculine plural extraits, feminine plural extraites)

1. extracted

Further reading

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