tourier

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.ʁje/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Occitan torrer or tour +‎ -ier.

Adjective

tourier (feminine tourière, masculine plural touriers, feminine plural tourières)

1. (relational) tower

Derived terms

• frère tourier
• sœur tourière

 

Noun

tourier m (plural touriers, feminine tourière)

1. porter (in a convent)

   Synonym: frère tourier

   Hypernym: portier

Etymology 2

tour +‎ -ier.

Noun

tourier m (plural touriers, feminine tourière)

1. A pastrymaker specialized in the preparation of puff pastry

   Hypernym: pâtissier

Related terms

• tourer

 

Further reading

• “tourier” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “tourier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.