oistre

Middle English

Noun

oistre

1. Alternative form of oystre

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Middle French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ostrea.

Noun

oistre f (plural oistres)

1. oyster (mollusk)

Descendants

• French: huître

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Old French

Alternative forms

• ostre
• oyster
• oystre

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ostrea.

Noun

oistre oblique singular, f (oblique plural oistres, nominative singular oistre, nominative plural oistres)

1. oyster (mollusk)

Descendants

• English: oyster
• French: huître

References

• oistre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Etymology and history of “huître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.