laurier

Borrowed from Middle French laurier, from Old French lorier.

• IPA^(key): /lɑu̯ˈriːr/

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• Hyphenation: lau‧rier
• Rhymes: -iːr

laurier m (plural laurieren, diminutive lauriertje n)

1. laurel, Laurus nobilis

   Synonym: lauwer

• laurierblad
• laurierkers
• laurierkrans

• lauweren

• Afrikaans: lourier

Inherited from Old French lorier, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, suffixed from Latin laurus (whence Old French lor).

• IPA^(key): /lɔ.ʁje/, /lo.ʁje/

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• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /lo.ʁje/

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un laurier (2)

laurier m (plural lauriers)

1. (botany) laurel (Laurus nobilis)
2. (cooking) bay (the leaf of Laurus nobilis used as an herb)
3. (by extension, botany) any laurel, or one of many similar species
4. (figuratively, usually in the plural) laurel (symbol of honour, glory, victory)

• lauréat

• Haitian Creole: lorye
• → Dutch: laurier
  • Afrikaans: lourier
• → West Flemish: laurier
• → Wolof: lóriye

• “laurier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• leurrai