cuvier
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Cuvier especially French naturalists Georges Cuvier and Frédéric Cuvier.
Adjective[edit]
cuvier
- Cuvier (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Cuvier's ..."
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French cuvier (“vat”).
Noun[edit]
cuvier (plural cuviers)
- (oenology) Fermenting room of a winery
- 2014 July 19, Ian Mount, “A family feud, uncorked in Spain [print version: ‘A family feud uncorked in Spain: Clan's succession battle threatens their legacy and widely praised wine’, International New York Times, 21 July 2014, p. 16]”, in The New York Times[1]:
- The winery, she said, has a fermenting room – a cuvier – "that […] is the most modern you can find today."
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
cuvier m (plural cuviers)
- vat (large receptacle for liquids, etc.)
Further reading[edit]
- “cuvier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.