tresour

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French tresor, from Latin thēsaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós).

Alternative forms

• thresour, thressour, thresur, tresoor, tresor, tresore, tresoure, tresowre, tressour, tresur, tresure, treysore, treysser, treyssour

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɛːˈzoːr/, /trɛːˈzuːr/, /ˈtrɛːzur/

Noun

tresour (plural tresoures)

1. Something or someone of great value:
   1. treasure, hoard (collection of valuables)
   2. treasure (a valuable possession)
   3. gift, talent (valuable faculty)
2. A treasury or vault (repository for valuables)

Related terms

• tresorer
• tresorie
• tresouren
• tresour-hous

Descendants

• English: treasure
• Scots: treisur

References

• “trēsǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

tresour

1. Alternative form of tressour (“headdress”)