amygdale

From French amygdale.^[1] Doublet of almond, amygdala, and mandorla.

amygdale (plural amygdales)

1. (geology) An almond-shaped inclusion in igneous rock or lava

amygdale

1. Misconstruction of amygdala

Borrowed from Latin amygdala (“almond”). Doublet of amande and mandorle.

• IPA^(key): /a.mi.dal/, /a.miɡ.dal/

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The "g" is usually silent in common speech.

amygdale f (plural amygdales)

1. (anatomy) tonsil

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

amygdale

1. vocative singular of amygdalus