"huître" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ɥitʁ/, /zwit/ [Louisiana] Audio: Fr-huître.ogg [France, Paris] Forms: huîtres [plural]
Rhymes: -itʁ Etymology: From Old French uistre, oistre, from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon). The h is unetymological (no h in the Latin ostrea), but it used to disambiguate the pronunciation in the times when u and v were variants of the same letter, cf. huit, huile. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|uistre}} Old French uistre, {{m|fro|oistre}} oistre, {{uder|fr|la|ostrea}} Latin ostrea, {{uder|fr|grc|ὄστρεον}} Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon), {{lang|la|ostrea}} ostrea, {{m|fr|huit}} huit, {{m|fr|huile}} huile Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} huître f (plural huîtres)
  1. oyster Tags: feminine Synonyms: huitre (english: post-1990 spelling) Derived forms: couteau à huîtres, huîtrier, plein comme une huître

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