estor

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French estore. Doublet of estora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈtor]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [esˈtor]

Noun

estor m (plural estors)

1. sheer (a curtain made of thin material which allows light to pass through)

   Synonym: cortineta transparent

Hypernyms

• cortina

Further reading

• “estor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From French store, and that from Latin storea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtɔʁ/

Noun

estor m (plural estores)

1. blind; shade (of a window)

Old French

Alternative forms

• estour, estur, estorme, estorn

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *sturm (“storm”)

Noun

estor oblique singular, m (oblique plural estors, nominative singular estors, nominative plural estor)

1. battle; combat

Descendants

• Middle French: estor, estour
• → Middle English: stour, store, stor
  • English: stour
  • Scots: sture, stour

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (3. estor)
• estur on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Zazaki

Noun

estor

1. colt (horse)