tailloir

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taj.waʁ/, /tɑj.waʁ/

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Noun

tailloir m (plural tailloirs)

1. abacus (uppermost member of the capital of a column)

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French tailleor, tailleoir, equivalent to tailler (“to cut”) +‎ -oir.

Noun

tailloir m (plural tailloirs)

1. a plate or board upon which food is cut before it is served

Descendants

• French: tailloir
• → Middle Dutch: taeljoor, teljuur
  • Dutch: taloor
    • → Papiamentu: tayó
    (Belgian, West Flemish, informal)
• → Middle High German: teller, teler, telier
  • Cimbrian: tellar
  • German: Teller
  • Vilamovian: tełłer
  • Yiddish: טעלער (teler)
• → Middle Low German: teller
  • German Low German: Teller, Töller, Tüller
• → North Frisian: täliir (Halligen)