laurier
See also: Laurier
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French laurier, from Old French lorier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɑu̯ˈriːr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: lau‧rier
- Rhymes: -iːr
Noun
laurier m (plural laurieren, diminutive lauriertje n)
- laurel, Laurus nobilis
- Synonym: lauwer
Derived terms
- laurierblad
- laurierkers
- laurierkrans
Related terms
- lauweren
Descendants
- Afrikaans: lourier
French
Etymology
From Old French lorier, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, suffixed from Latin laurus (whence Old French lor).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔ.ʁje/, /lo.ʁje/
Audio (file)
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /lo.ʁje/
Audio (Belgium) (file)
Noun
un laurier (2)
laurier m (plural lauriers)
- (botany) laurel (Laurus nobilis)
- (cooking) bay (the leaf of Laurus nobilis used as an herb)
- (by extension, botany) any laurel, or one of many similar species
- (figuratively, usually in the plural) laurel (symbol of honour, glory, victory)
Derived terms
- couronne de lauriers
- cueillir des lauriers
- laurier-cerise
- laurier de Saint-Antoine
- laurier-rose
- laurier-sauce
- laurier-tin
- moissonner des lauriers
- ramasser des lauriers
- s'endormir sur ses lauriers
- se reposer sur ses lauriers
Related terms
- lauréat
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: lorye
- → Dutch: laurier
- Afrikaans: lourier
- → West Flemish: laurier
- → Wolof: lóriye
Further reading
- “laurier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- leurrai