précieux
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See also: precieux
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in Old French as precïus.[1] Borrowed from Latin pretiōsus (“precious, of great value”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]précieux (feminine précieuse, masculine plural précieux, feminine plural précieuses)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Etymology and history of “précieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
[edit]- “précieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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