gratte-ciel
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A calque of English skyscraper.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gratte-ciel m (plural gratte-ciel or gratte-ciels)
Further reading
[edit]- “gratte-ciel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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