porphyre

English

Noun

porphyre (countable and uncountable, plural porphyres)

1. Obsolete form of porphyry.
   • 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 2, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book I, page 8:

     Let us consider the red and white colours in porphyre: hinder light but from striking on it, and its colours vanish; it no longer produces any such ideas in us […]

References

• “porphyre”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.fiʁ/

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Noun

porphyre m (plural porphyres)

1. porphyry

Further reading

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