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cuirasse.

breastplate (piece of armour covering the chest and sometimes the back)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɥi.ʁas/
  1. breastplate (piece of armour covering the chest and sometimes the back)

    feminine
  2. armour (protective plates covering some lizards and fish)

    feminine
  3. armour, armour plate (metal plating covering a ship for protection)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old French cuirace, probably borrowed from Old Occitan coirassa, or Italian corazza, or Old Aragonese cuyraça, from Late Latin coriacea (vestis) (“leather (garment)”), from coriaceus, ultimately from Latin corium, and probably influenced by cuir in French. Doublet of coriace.

verb/kɥi.ʁas/
  1. inflection of cuirasser: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of cuirasser: second-person singular present imperative

    form-of · imperative · present · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

From Old French cuirace, probably borrowed from Old Occitan coirassa, or Italian corazza, or Old Aragonese cuyraça, from Late Latin coriacea (vestis) (“leather (garment)”), from coriaceus, ultimately from Latin corium, and probably influenced by cuir in French. Doublet of coriace.

verb/kɥi.ʁas/
  1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cuirer

    first-person · form-of · imperfect · singular · subjunctive
Where this word comes from

From cuirer.

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