écran

See also: ecran and êcran

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French écran, from Old French escran, escren, borrowed from Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch *skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.kʁɑ̃/

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Noun

écran m (plural écrans)

1. screen

   un écran de télévision ― a television screen

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with écrin (“jewel box”).

Derived terms

• capture d’écran
• écran de fumée
• écran de veille
• écran plat
• écran tactile
• écrantage
• écranter
• fond d’écran
• grand écran
• petit écran

 

Descendants

• → Albanian: ekran
• → Azerbaijani: ekran
• → Bulgarian: екра́н (ekrán)
• → Crimean Tatar: ekran
• → Khmer: អេក្រង់ (eekrɑŋ)
• → Polish: ekran
• → Portuguese: ecrã, écran
• → Romanian: ecran
• → Russian: экран (ekran), экра́нъ (ekrán) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
  • → Armenian: էկրան (ēkran)
  • → Estonian: ekraan
  • → Lithuanian: ekranas
  • → Georgian: ეკრანი (eḳrani)
  • → Kazakh: экран (ékran)
  • → Uyghur: ئېكران (ëkran)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: екран
  • Latin script: ekran
• → Turkish: ekran
• → Ukrainian: екра́н (ekrán)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ancre, ancré, cerna, crâne, encra, nacre, rance

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French écran.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.kɾɐ̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.kɾɐn/

• Hyphenation: é‧cran

Noun

écran m (plural écrans)

1. Alternative form of ecrã