cuivre

See also: cuivré

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cuivre, quivre, queivre, coivre, from Latin cūpreum, cyprium (aes), from cūprum, cyprum, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɥivʁ/

• Audio:

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Noun

cuivre m (countable and uncountable, plural cuivres)

1. copper

   Le vert-de-gris est la rouille du cuivre. ― Verdigris is copper rust.

2. (music) brass

   Coordinate term: bois

3. (art) copperplate

Derived terms

• requin cuivre

Verb

cuivre

1. inflection of cuivrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Related terms

• cuivré
• cuivrer
• cuivreux

Further reading

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