scorie

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English

Noun

scorie (plural scories)

  1. Alternative form of scaurie

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scoria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skɔ.ʁi/
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Noun

scorie f (plural scories)

  1. scoria; dregs
    • 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 2, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
      J’avais l’impression, fugitive, de m’élever. D’approcher d’une sorte de magie du verbe, délesté de toute scorie, de tout gras.
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Italian

Noun

scorie f

  1. plural of scoria

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French scorie, Latin scoria, from Ancient Greek σκωρία (skōría). Compare the inherited doublet scoare (now a regionalism), as well as the more common zgură, from Greek.

Noun

scorie f (plural scorii)

  1. slag, dross
    Synonyms: zgură, (rare, regional) scoare
  2. scoria
    Synonyms: zgură, (rare, regional) scoare
  3. layer of black oxide formed on the surface of steel that has been exposed to high temperatures

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