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agnel

American

[a-nyel] / aˈnyɛl /

noun

a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.

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Inflected Forms

noun

agneaux

plural

Etymology

Origin of agnel

< Middle French: literally, lamb < Latin agnellus, diminutive of agnus lamb

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