laurier
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɑu̯ˈriːr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: lau‧rier
Derived terms
- laurierkrans
Related terms
- laurierkers
- lauweren
Descendants
- Afrikaans: lourier
French
Etymology
From Old French lorier, a suffixed form of lor, from Latin laurus.
Pronunciation
- (France) IPA(key): /lɔ.ʁje/
Audio (file)
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /lo.ʁje/
Audio (Belgium) (file)
Noun
laurier m (plural lauriers)
- (botany) laurel (Laurus nobilis)
- (cooking) bay (the leaf of Laurus nobilis used as an herb)
- (by extension, botany) any laurel, or one of many similar species
- (figuratively, usually in the plural) laurel (symbol of honour, glory, victory)
Derived terms
- cueillir des lauriers
- laurier-cerise m
- laurier-rose m
- laurier-sauce m
- laurier-tin m
- moissonner des lauriers
- ramasser des lauriers
- s’endormir sur ses lauriers
- se reposer sur ses lauriers
Related terms
- lauréat m
Further reading
- “laurier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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