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anse

Pronunciation: /ɑ̃s/

“anse” is a French word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. an arc segment, from which an object is suspended
  2. a handle, part of an object to be hand-held when used or moved
  3. a small bay (body of water)

In French

  1. Partie saillante, souvent de forme annulaire, servant à saisir ou à porter certains récipients ou objets.
  2. Forme ou objet recourbé.
  3. Assemblage géométrique, ressemblant à une moitié d’ellipse, construit par juxtaposition d'un nombre impair d’arcs de cercles (souvent trois) de centres différents.
  4. Voûte surbaissée réalisée suivant le dessin d’une anse de panier.
  5. Petite baie peu profonde.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French anse, from Late Old French anse, borrowed from Latin ānsa.

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