canicule
Etymology[edit]
From French canicule (“the Dog Star; dog days”), from Latin Canīcula (“the Puppy”)[1]
canicule f (plural canicules)
- (astronomy) Sirius, Dog Star
- The dog days of summer
- (figuratively) Synonym of vague de chaleur (any heat wave or hot spell)
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Кстати, каннибал и Калибан - это не собачники, а caribeños.
cannibal (n.), 1550s, from Spanish canibal, caribal - from Caniba, Christopher Columbus' rendition of the Caribs' name for themselves (also "kalino" or "karina"; compare: Caliban).
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тоже странное слово відпочинок - від почину (от начала)?
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