grosseur

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

French gros

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Italic *-ōs

Latin -ōrem

Old French -or

Middle French -eur

French -eur

French grosseur

From gros +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁo.sœʁ/

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Noun

grosseur f (plural grosseurs)

1. thickness, width
2. lump in the body

Further reading

• “grosseur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012