visière
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French vis (“face”) + -ière.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
visière f (plural visières)
- visor (part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face)
- eyeshade (type of headgear for shielding the eyes from glaring light)
- brim or peak (part of a cap)
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: vizyer
Further reading edit
- “visière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.