joyau

French

Etymology

Back formed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French joyaux, the plural of joyal, one of the variants of jouel, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin iocale

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒwa.jo/

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Noun

joyau m (plural joyaux)

1. jewel (valuable object for ornamentation)

Related terms

• joaillerie
• joaillier

Further reading

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