orfèvre
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French, from or (“gold”) + fèvre, from Latin faber, as a replacement for Latin aurifex, which was preserved in some other Romance languages.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orfèvre m or f by sense (plural orfèvres, feminine orfèvresse)
- goldsmith, silversmith, smith who works with any precious metal
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “orfèvre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.