suaire

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin sūdārium (handkerchief; napkin; shroud), from sūdāre (to sweat) (ancestor of French suer). (If the Latin noun had been inherited by French, the ending would have regularly developed to -ier instead of -aire). By surface analysis, suer +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sɥɛʁ/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

suaire m (plural suaires)

  1. shroud
    Synonym: linceul

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