lapidaire
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin lapidārius (“stony”). The terse sense is from inscription lapidaire, short inscriptions carved in stone.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /la.pi.dɛʁ/
Audio (file) - Homophones: lapidaires, lapidèrent
Adjective edit
lapidaire (plural lapidaires)
- related to stone
- inscription lapidaire ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (figurative) terse (abruptly short)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → German: lapidar
Noun edit
lapidaire m or f by sense (plural lapidaires)
Further reading edit
- “lapidaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.