acier
See also: acièr
French
Etymology
From Old French acier, acer, from Late Latin aciarium, from Latin acies, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Compare Catalan acer, Galician aceiro, Italian acciaio, Occitan acièr, Portuguese aço, Spanish acero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.sje/
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Noun
acier m (plural aciers)
- steel
Derived terms
- acier inoxydable
- roue en acier
See also
- inox
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: asye
- → Interlingua: aciero
Further reading
- “acier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- carie, carié, craie, créai, écria
Old French
Alternative forms
- acer, achier, assier
Etymology
From Late Latin aciārium, from Latin acies.
Noun
acier m (nominative singular aciers)
- steel
- (by extension) a weapon made of steel; chiefly a sword
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
- Mainz cos des aciers poitevins
- Lots of blows by the Poitiers blades
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Descendants
- Bourguignon: aicié
- Franc-Comtois: aci, aici
- Middle French: acier, achier
- French: acier
- Haitian Creole: asye
- → Interlingua: aciero
- French: acier
- Lorrain: ècer
- Norman: achier
- Norman: acyi (Jersey)
- Poitevin-Saintongeais: açàe
- Walloon: acî