visière
See also: visiere and Visiere
French
Etymology
From Old French vis (“face”) + -ière.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.zjɛʁ/
Noun
visière f (plural visières)
- visor (part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face)
- eyeshade (type of headgear for shielding the eyes from glaring light)
- brim or peak (part of a cap)
Descendants
- → Turkish: vizyer
Further reading
- “visière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.