dortour

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔː(ɹ)tʊə(ɹ)/

Noun

dortour (plural dortours)

1. Alternative form of dorter

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

     ”Yet, if the Israelite will advantage the Church by giving me somewhat over to the building of our dortour, I will take it on my conscience to aid him in the matter of his daughter.”

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin dormītōrium (“dormitory”).

Noun

dortour oblique singular, m (oblique plural dortours, nominative singular dortours, nominative plural dortour)

1. dormitory (room designed as sleeping quarters)

Descendants

• French: dortoir
• → English: dortoir, dortour