"cuirasse" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /kɥi.ʁas/ Forms: cuirasses [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|cuirace}} Old French cuirace, {{uder|fr|pro|coirassa}} Old Occitan coirassa, {{uder|fr|it|corazza}} Italian corazza, {{uder|fr|la-lat|coriacea (vestis)||leather (garment)}} Late Latin coriacea (vestis) (“leather (garment)”), {{uder|fr|la|corium}} Latin corium, {{doublet|fr|coriace}} Doublet of coriace Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} cuirasse f (plural cuirasses)
  1. breastplate (piece of armour covering the chest and sometimes the back) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cuirasse-fr-noun-DKzpvg8a
  2. (zoology) armour (protective plates covering some lizards and fish) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cuirasse-fr-noun-9nKz~7GG Categories (other): Zoology, French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 10 30 23 9 25 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 5 15 32 31 17 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  3. (nautical) armour, armour plate (metal plating covering a ship for protection) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cuirasse-fr-noun-WP-1sFdZ Categories (other): Nautical, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations, Armor Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 3 2 7 28 19 5 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 2 1 7 33 21 3 25 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 10 30 23 9 25 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 5 15 32 31 17 Disambiguation of Armor: 10 15 55 5 7 7 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kɥi.ʁas/
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|cuirace}} Old French cuirace, {{uder|fr|pro|coirassa}} Old Occitan coirassa, {{uder|fr|it|corazza}} Italian corazza, {{uder|fr|la-lat|coriacea (vestis)||leather (garment)}} Late Latin coriacea (vestis) (“leather (garment)”), {{uder|fr|la|corium}} Latin corium, {{doublet|fr|coriace}} Doublet of coriace Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} cuirasse
  1. inflection of cuirasser:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: cuirasser
    Sense id: en-cuirasse-fr-verb-ZcsVgqQu Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 10 30 23 9 25 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 5 15 32 31 17
  2. inflection of cuirasser:
    second-person singular present imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, present, second-person, singular Form of: cuirasser
    Sense id: en-cuirasse-fr-verb-5D6nsELN Categories (other): French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 5 15 32 31 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kɥi.ʁas/
Etymology: From cuirer. Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} cuirasse
  1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cuirer Tags: first-person, form-of, imperfect, singular, subjunctive Form of: cuirer
    Sense id: en-cuirasse-fr-verb-7gZZCpXx Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 10 30 23 9 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-20 using wiktextract (cdfa371 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.