saphir
See also: Saphir
English
Noun
saphir (countable and uncountable, plural saphirs)
- Obsolete form of sapphire.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.fiʁ/
Audio (file) - Homophone: saphirs
- Hyphenation: sa‧phir
Adjective
saphir (invariable)
- sapphire (color)
Noun
saphir m (plural saphirs)
- sapphire (gemstone)
Descendants
- → Romanian: safir n
- → Turkish: safir
Further reading
- “saphir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- safeer, safere, saffer, saffir, saffre, saffyre, safier, safir, safre, sapher, saphier, saphijr, saphire, saphyre
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French saphir, saffre, from Latin sapphir, sappir, sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈfiːr/, /ˈsafir/, /ˈsafər/
Noun
saphir (plural saphirs)
- sapphire (blue gemstone)
- (figurative) A worthy individual
Descendants
- English: sapphire
References
- “saphīr(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Adjective
saphir
- sapphire (colour)
Descendants
- English: sapphire
References
- “saphīr(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.