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)

1. goldsmith, silversmith, smith who works with any precious metal

Derived terms

• orfèvre en la matière

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: òfèv
• → Spanish: orfebre

Further reading

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