sommier
See also: Sommier
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɔ.mje/
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Etymology 1
Somme + -ier
Adjective
sommier (feminine sommière, masculine plural sommiers, feminine plural sommières)
- (relational) of Somme (department of France)
Etymology 2
From Old French somier, from Late Latin saumārius, sagmārius, from Latin sagma.
Noun
sommier m (plural sommiers)
- beast of burden
- Synonym: bête de somme
- box spring (box-shaped frame into which is a set of spiral springs, upon which rests a bed mattress)
- Coordinate term: matelas
- wind chest (part of an organ)
- pin box (part of a piano)
Descendants
- → Spanish: somier
Further reading
- “sommier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.