acier

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.

• IPA^(key): /a.sje/

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acier m (plural aciers)

1. steel

• acier inoxydable

• inox

• “acier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• carie, carié
• craie
• créai
• écria

• acer

From Late Latin aciārium, from Latin acies.

acier m (nominative singular aciers)

1. steel
2. (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

• French: acier