vitreux
French edit
Etymology edit
Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vitrōsus (“glassy, transparent”), from vitrum (“glass”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
vitreux (feminine vitreuse, masculine plural vitreux, feminine plural vitreuses)
- vitreous, glassy
- Ce malade a l’œil vitreux. ― This invalid has a glass eye. (literally, “... has the eye glassy.”)
Further reading edit
- “vitreux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.