saphir
See also: Saphir
English edit
Noun edit
saphir (countable and uncountable, plural saphirs)
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
saphir (invariable)
- sapphire (color)
Noun edit
saphir m (plural saphirs)
- sapphire (gemstone)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “saphir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
- safeer, safere, saffer, saffir, saffre, saffyre, safier, safir, safre, sapher, saphier, saphijr, saphire, saphyre
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French saphir, saffre, from Latin sapphir, sappir, sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
saphir (plural saphirs)
- sapphire (blue gemstone)
- (figurative) A worthy individual
Descendants edit
- English: sapphire
References edit
- “saphīr(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Adjective edit
saphir
- sapphire (colour)
Descendants edit
- English: sapphire
References edit
- “saphīr(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.