lapidaire
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin lapidārius (“stony”). The terse sense is from inscription lapidaire, short inscriptions carved in stone.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.pi.dɛʁ/
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Adjective
lapidaire (plural lapidaires)
- related to stone
- inscription lapidaire ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (figurative) terse (abruptly short)
- Synonyms: laconique, concis
Derived terms
- lapidairement
Descendants
- → German: lapidar
Noun
lapidaire m or f by sense (plural lapidaires)
- lapidary, gemsmith
Further reading
- “lapidaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.