ébéniste
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ébéniste (plural ébénistes)
- An ebonist; a cabinetmaker who veneers furniture.
- 1992, Malise Forbes Adam, Mary Mauchline, edited by Wendy Wassyng Roworth, Angelica Kauffman, Reaktion Books, published 1992, page 135:
- An interesting George III commode, c. 1772, by the Swedish-born ébéniste to the Prince of Wales, Christopher Fuhrlohg, has decoration in his inimitable marquetry depicting Erato and her Lyre […] .
French edit
Etymology edit
From ébène (“ebony”) + -iste.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ébéniste m (plural ébénistes)
- cabinetmaker
- (archaic) ebonist (a cabinetmaker who works in ebony)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “ébéniste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.