tourier

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tu.ʁje/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Occitan torrer[1] or tour +‎ -ier.[2]

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.[3]

Noun

tourier m (plural touriers, feminine tourière)

  1. A pastrymaker specialized in the preparation of puff pastry[4]
    Hypernym: pâtissier

References

  1. ^ “tourier” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
  2. ^ “tourier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  3. ^ “tour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  4. ^ “tour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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