plâtre
See also: plâtré
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French plâtre, plastre, from Old French plastre (first attested ca. 1165), from Vulgar Latin *plastrum (attested later in Medieval Latin plastrum), from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, “daub; salve”). Doublet of piastre.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plâtre m (plural plâtres)
- plaster, plaster of Paris (the building material)
- plaster, cast (supportive and immobilising device)
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
plâtre
- inflection of plâtrer:
Further reading edit
- “plâtre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.