tourier

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

  1. (relational) tower
Derived terms
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Noun

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tourier m (plural touriers, feminine tourière)

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

Etymology 2

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tour +‎ -ier.[3]

Noun

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tourier m (plural touriers, feminine tourière)

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

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  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.

Further reading

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