Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. d'Émile Littré. 1872-1877.
prothalamion — or prothalamium noun (plural prothalamia) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pro + thalamion (as in epithalamion) Date: 1597 a song in celebration of a marriage … New Collegiate Dictionary
prothalamion — /proh theuh lay mee on , euhn/, n., pl. prothalamia / mee euh/. a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage. [1597; PRO 2 + (EPI)THALAMION; coined by Edmund Spenser] * * * … Universalium
thalame — (ta la m ), ou THALAMION (ta lami on)), s. m. Terme de botanique. Évasement du pédoncule des synanthérées. Sorte de fructification des lichens. ÉTYMOLOGIE Lat. thalamus, lit … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
prothalamion — pro•tha•la•mi•on [[t]ˌproʊ θəˈleɪ miˌɒn, ən[/t]] also pro•tha•la•mi•um [[t] mi əm[/t]] n. pl. mi•a [[t] mi ə[/t]] lit. a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage • Etymology: 1597; pro II+ (epi) thalamion; coined by Edmund Spenser … From formal English to slang
