saphir

See also: Saphir

English

Noun

saphir (countable and uncountable, plural saphirs)

1. Obsolete form of sapphire.

French

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin sapphirus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.fiʁ/

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• Homophone: saphirs
• Hyphenation: sa‧phir

Adjective

saphir (invariable)

1. sapphire (color)

Noun

saphir m (plural saphirs)

1. sapphire (gemstone)

Descendants

• → Romanian: safir n
• → Turkish: safir

Further reading

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• safeer, safere, saffer, saffir, saffre, saffyre, safier, safir, safre, sapher, saphier, saphijr, saphire, saphyre

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French saphir, saffre, from Latin sapphir, sappir, sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈfiːr/, /ˈsafir/, /ˈsafər/

Noun

saphir (plural saphirs)

1. sapphire (blue gemstone)
2. (figurative) A worthy individual

Descendants

• English: sapphire

References

• “saphīr(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Adjective

saphir

1. sapphire (colour)

Descendants

• English: sapphire

References

• “saphīr(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.