écrin
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French écrin, from Old French escrin, from Latin scrīnium. Related to English shrine.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
écrin m (plural écrins)
- jewel case, jewel box
- box (of jewels)
Usage notes[edit]
- Not to be confused with écran (“screen”).
Further reading[edit]
- “écrin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns