Le Hénaff (modern orthography Henañ) is a surname of
Breton
Breton most often refers to:
*anything associated with Brittany, and generally
**Breton people
**Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany
** Breton (horse), a breed
**Gale ...
origin meaning ''the elder''. Like for the surname ''
Heussaff'' or ''
Gourcuff
Gourcuff or Gourkuñv also associated to Corcuff is a surname, and may refer to;
''Gourkuñv'' derives from ''gour'' and ''kuñv'' which means a charming, affable, gentle or conciliatory man in Breton language, Breton. Like for the surname ''Le Hà ...
'', the
digraph
Digraph, often misspelled as diagraph, may refer to:
* Digraph (orthography), a pair of characters used together to represent a single sound, such as "nq" in Hmong RPA
* Ligature (writing), the joining of two letters as a single glyph, such as " ...
''-ff'' was introduced by Middle Ages' authors to indicate a
nasalized
In phonetics, nasalization (or nasalisation in British English) is the production of a sound while the velum is lowered, so that some air escapes through the nose during the production of the sound by the mouth. An archetypal nasal sound is .
...
vowel. It may refer to any the following people:
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Anne Le Hénanff (born 1969), French politician
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René Le Hénaff
René Le Hénaff (24 April 1901 – 5 January 2005) was a French film editor and director. As a film editor he collaborated with directors Marcel Carné, René Clair, and Géza von Radványi among others. His three films with Carné in the late ...
(1901–2005), French film editor and director
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Cédric Le Hénaff (born 1984), French football player
* (1914–1944), French resistant
See also
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Jean-Jacques Hénaff, French CEO of a
Pâté
Pâté ( , , ) is a forcemeat. Originally, the dish was cooked in a pastry case; in more recent times it is more usually cooked without pastry in a terrine. Various ingredients are used, which may include meat from pork, poultry, fish or bee ...
company
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Eugène Hénaff (1904–1966), French politician
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Jeannine Henaff (born 1936), French electrical engineer
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Marcel Hénaff
Marcel Hénaff (July 21, 1942 – June 11, 2018) was a French philosopher and anthropologist. He taught at the Collège international de philosophie and the University of California, San Diego. He was the author of several books, including two abo ...
(1942–2018), French philosopher and anthropologist
*, French TV presenter
References
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Surnames of Breton origin
Breton-language surnames