Tige

Part of Speech

noun

Difficulty Level

Translations

🇩🇪 Stängel, Stiel , 🇪🇸 tallo , 🇮🇹 canna , 🇵🇹 caule , 🇨🇳 茎 , 🇯🇵 茎 , 🇰🇷 줄기 , 🇸🇦 ساق , 🇮🇳 स्तन

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Etymology

French **tige** derives from the Latin *tiges* (plural of *tige*), a word for “stem, twig”. The Latin form is traced to a root meaning “to grow or extend” (possibly from Proto‑Indo‑European *teg-‘to stretch, extend’). Borrowed into Old French in the Middle Ages, the word lost its plural ending and has kept the sense of a plant’s shaft or a slender, straight part.

Synonyms

mât colonne axe pétiole bâton poutre

Antonyms

racine feuille fleur pétale