usine

See also: usiné

French

Etymology

From Middle French oeuchine, œussine, oucine, huisine, ozine, uisine, usine, from Old French oechine, oechevine, ouchine, wisine, huysine, from Latin officīna. Doublet of officine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.zin/

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Noun

usine f (plural usines)

1. factory
2. mill
3. works

Derived terms

• magasin d’usine
• usine à gaz
• usinier

Descendants

• → Bambara: izini
• → Bulgarian: юзи́на (juzína)
• → Portuguese: usina
• → Romanian: uzină
• → Spanish: usina

Verb

usine

1. inflection of usiner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• nuise, unies