ouvreur
French
Etymology 1
ouvrir + -eur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u.vʁœʁ/
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Noun
ouvreur m (plural ouvreurs, feminine ouvreuse)
- opener
- forerunner
- usher
Etymology 2
ouvrer + -eur (found in Old French as ovrëor, ovreur, ouvreor), possibly corresponding to Latin operātōr, operātōrem, and therefore a doublet of the borrowing opérateur.
Noun
ouvreur m (plural ouvreurs, feminine ouvreuse)
- a worker in papermaking, charged with drawing out the paste from the vat and spreading it evenly to make a sheet
- a worker in glassmaking
- a worker who fashions textile materials and prepares them for weaving
Related terms
- ouvrer
- ouvrier
See also
- papetier
- verrier
Further reading
- “ouvreur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.