tourier

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. (relational) tower
Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

tourier m (plural touriers, feminine tourière)

  1. porter (in a convent)
    Synonym: frère tourier
    Hypernym: portier

Etymology 2[edit]

tour +‎ -ier.[3]

Noun[edit]

tourier m (plural touriers, feminine tourière)

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

References[edit]

  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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