orfèvre
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French, from or (“gold”) + fèvre, from Latin faber, as a replacement for Latin aurifex, which was preserved in some other Romance languages.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔʁ.fɛvʁ/
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Noun
orfèvre m or f by sense (plural orfèvres, feminine orfèvresse)
- goldsmith, silversmith, smith who works with any precious metal
Derived terms
Further reading
- “orfèvre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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