huître
See also: huitre
French
Alternative forms
- huitre (post-1990 spelling)
Etymology
From Old French uistre, oistre, from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon). The h is unetymological (no h in the Latin ostrea), but it used to disambiguate the pronunciation in the times when u and v were variants of the same letter, cf. huit, huile.
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /ɥitʁ/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -itʁ
- IPA(key): (Louisiana) /zwit/
- Homophones: huitre, huitres, huîtres
Noun
huître f (plural huîtres)
- oyster
Derived terms
- couteau à huîtres
- huîtrier
- plein comme une huître
Further reading
- “huître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.