laurier
See also: Laurier
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French laurier, from Old French lorier.
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Noun edit
laurier m (plural laurieren, diminutive lauriertje n)
- laurel, Laurus nobilis
- Synonym: lauwer
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- Afrikaans: lourier
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French lorier, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, suffixed from Latin laurus (whence Old French lor).
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Noun edit
laurier m (plural lauriers)
- (botany) laurel (Laurus nobilis)
- (cooking) bay (the leaf of Laurus nobilis used as an herb)
- (by extension, botany) any laurel, or one of many similar species
- (figuratively, usually in the plural) laurel (symbol of honour, glory, victory)
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Further reading edit
- “laurier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.