vitreux

French

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vitrōsus (“glassy, transparent”), from vitrum (“glass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.tʁø/

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Adjective

vitreux (feminine vitreuse, masculine plural vitreux, feminine plural vitreuses)

1. vitreous, glassy

   Ce malade a l’œil vitreux. ― This invalid has a glass eye. (literally, “... has the eye glassy.”)

Further reading

• “vitreux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.