ébéniste
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
ébéniste (plural ébénistes)
- An ebonist; a cabinetmaker who veneers furniture.
- 1992, Malise Forbes Adam, Mary Mauchline, edited by Wendy Wassyng Roworth, Angelica Kauffman, Reaktion Books, published 1992, page 135:
- An interesting George III commode, c. 1772, by the Swedish-born ébéniste to the Prince of Wales, Christopher Fuhrlohg, has decoration in his inimitable marquetry depicting Erato and her Lyre […] .
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ébène (“ebony”) + -iste.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ébéniste m (plural ébénistes)
- cabinetmaker
- (archaic) ebonist (a cabinetmaker who works in ebony)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “ébéniste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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