cuivre
See also: cuivré
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French cuivre, quivre, queivre, coivre, from Latin cūpreum, cyprium (aes), from cūprum, cyprum, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcuivre m (countable and uncountable, plural cuivres)
- copper
- Le vert-de-gris est la rouille du cuivre. ― Verdigris is copper rust.
- (music) brass
- Coordinate term: bois
- (art) copperplate
Derived terms
editVerb
editcuivre
- inflection of cuivrer:
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “cuivre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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