visière

See also: visiere and Visiere

French

Etymology

From Old French vis (“face”) + -ière.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.zjɛʁ/

Noun

visière f (plural visières)

1. visor (part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face)
2. eyeshade (type of headgear for shielding the eyes from glaring light)
3. brim or peak (part of a cap)

Descendants

• → Turkish: vizyer

Further reading

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