"gruyère" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ɡʁy.jɛʁ/, /ɡʁɥi.jɛʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-gruyère.wav Forms: gruyères [plural]
Etymology: Named after the town of Gruyères, Switzerland, from Medieval Latin Gruerius, from Swiss French grue (“crane”). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|ML.|Gruerius}} Medieval Latin Gruerius, {{der|fr|fr|grue||crane}} French grue (“crane”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|-|+}} gruyère m (usually uncountable, plural gruyères)
  1. Gruyère cheese Tags: masculine, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-gruyère-fr-noun--R7SxMbA Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms borrowed back into French

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for gruyère meaning in French (1.6kB)

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