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Definition of noyau

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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots.
    “His coffee was excellent, and then came a case of liqueurs, noyau both white and red, etc.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots.
    “His coffee was excellent, and then came a case of liqueurs, noyau both white and red, etc.”
  2. (countable)A small nucleus or core group of people or animals.
    “Borders are violated by hungering males and famished females, and the ordered animosities of the noyau give way to a saturnalia of sexual adventure.”
    “The orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) also exhibits the noyau system and appears to be the only diurnal primate with a largely solitary lifestyle.”
    “This "noyau" pattern is found among various nocturnal strepsirrhines.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from French noyau, from Middle French noyau, from Old French noel, from either Early Medieval Latin nōdellus (“buckle”) or Late Latin nucālis (“nut-like”). Doublet of newel and noil.

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