ornière

French

Etymology

Alteration, under the influence of orne, of Old French ordiere, inherited from Vulgar Latin *orbitaria, from Latin orbita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.njɛʁ/

• Audio (Canada):

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Noun

ornière f (plural ornières)

1. rut (groove in a road)
2. (figurative) habit; routine

   sortir de l’ornière ― get out of a rut

Further reading

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