emplastre
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin emplastrum.
Noun
emplastre m or f (oblique plural emplastres, nominative singular emplastres, nominative plural emplastre)
- (medicine) plaster (paste applied to the skin)
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 196 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, line 2485:
- Il ne sevent emplastre faire
- They didn't know how to apply plaster
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Descendants
- English: emplaster (borrowed)
- French: emplâtre