fermeture
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɝmət͡ʃɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɜːmətjə/
Noun
[edit]fermeture (plural fermetures)
- The mechanism for closing the breech of a breech-loading firearm, in artillery consisting principally of the breechblock, obturator, and carrier ring.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin firmatūra. By surface analysis, fermer + -ure.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fermeture f (plural fermetures)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Vietnamese: phéc-mơ-tuya, phẹc-măng-tuya, phép măng tuya
Further reading
[edit]- “fermeture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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