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saurir.

to smoke (herrings)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/sɔ.ʁiʁ//so.ʁiʁ/
  1. to smoke (herrings)

    transitive
  2. to smoke (ham)

    Normandy · transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French saurir, from Old French sorir, from Frankish *saurijan, from Proto-Germanic *sauzijaną (“to dry, sear”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”). By surface analysis, saur + -ir. Cognate with English sear.

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