cuivre
See also: cuivré
French
Etymology
From Old French cuivre, quivre, queivre, coivre, from Latin cūpreum, cyprium (aes), from cūprum, cyprum, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɥivʁ/
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Noun
cuivre m (plural cuivres)
- copper
- (music) brass
- (art) copperplate
Derived terms
- requin cuivre
Verb
cuivre
- inflection of cuivrer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Related terms
- cuivré
- cuivrer
- cuivreux
Further reading
- “cuivre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.