tresour
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French tresor, from Latin thēsaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós).
Alternative forms
- thresour, thressour, thresur, tresoor, tresor, tresore, tresoure, tresowre, tressour, tresur, tresure, treysore, treysser, treyssour
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trɛːˈzoːr/, /trɛːˈzuːr/, /ˈtrɛːzur/
Noun
tresour (plural tresoures)
- Something or someone of great value:
- treasure, hoard (collection of valuables)
- treasure (a valuable possession)
- gift, talent (valuable faculty)
- A treasury or vault (repository for valuables)
Related terms
- tresorer
- tresorie
- tresouren
- tresour-hous
Descendants
- English: treasure
- Scots: treisur
References
- “trēsǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Noun
tresour
- Alternative form of tressour (“headdress”)