cuevre

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Champenois

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French quivre, Latin cupreum. Cognate with French cuivre, Bourguignon cueuvre, Walloon keuve, Franco-Provençal couevro, Occitan coire.

Noun

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cuevre m (plural cuevres)

  1. (Vallage) copper

References

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  • Jean Daunay, Parlers de Champagne, 1998
  • Baudouin, Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (Ville-sous-la-Ferté), 1887