bistouri

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bistorino, ultimately from Latin Pistōrium (“Pistoia”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bis.tu.ʁi/

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Noun

bistouri m (plural bistouris)

1. bistoury, surgical knife

Descendants

• → Albanian: bisturi
• → Catalan: bisturí
• → English: bistoury
• → Italian: bisturi
• → Romanian: bisturiu
• → Spanish: bisturí
• → Turkish: bisturi

Further reading

• “bistouri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.