"loir" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /lwaʁ/ Forms: loirs [plural]
Rhymes: -waʁ Etymology: Inherited from Old French loir, leir, lère, from Vulgar Latin *glirem, from Classical Latin glīrem. Compare Spanish lirón. Cf. also similar loss of initial Latin 'g-' in Old French luissel (from *globuscellum), lemoissel (from *glomiscellum). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|loir|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French loir, {{inh+|fr|fro|loir}} Inherited from Old French loir, {{inh|fr|VL.|*glis|*glirem}} Vulgar Latin *glirem, {{inh|fr|la|glīs|glīrem}} Latin glīrem, {{cog|es|lirón}} Spanish lirón Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} loir m (plural loirs)
  1. dormouse Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Rodents Derived forms: dormir comme un loir Related terms: lérot, liron
    Sense id: en-loir-fr-noun-pQHamYhM Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "loir",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: loir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: loir"
    }
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      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "loir",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French loir",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "loir"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old French loir",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*glis",
        "4": "*glirem"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *glirem",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "glīs",
        "4": "glīrem"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin glīrem",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "lirón"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish lirón",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French loir, leir, lère, from Vulgar Latin *glirem, from Classical Latin glīrem. Compare Spanish lirón. Cf. also similar loss of initial Latin 'g-' in Old French luissel (from *globuscellum), lemoissel (from *glomiscellum).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "loirs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "loir m (plural loirs)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Rodents",
          "orig": "fr:Rodents",
          "parents": [
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            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "dormir comme un loir"
        }
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        "dormouse"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "dormouse",
          "dormouse"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "lérot"
        },
        {
          "word": "liron"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lwaʁ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-waʁ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Loire"
    }
  ],
  "word": "loir"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dormir comme un loir"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "loir",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: loir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: loir"
    }
  ],
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    },
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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "loir",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French loir",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "loir"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old French loir",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*glis",
        "4": "*glirem"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *glirem",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "glīs",
        "4": "glīrem"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin glīrem",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "lirón"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish lirón",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French loir, leir, lère, from Vulgar Latin *glirem, from Classical Latin glīrem. Compare Spanish lirón. Cf. also similar loss of initial Latin 'g-' in Old French luissel (from *globuscellum), lemoissel (from *glomiscellum).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "loirs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "loir m (plural loirs)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "lérot"
    },
    {
      "word": "liron"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "French 1-syllable words",
        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Old French",
        "French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
        "French terms inherited from Latin",
        "French terms inherited from Old French",
        "French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:French/waʁ",
        "Rhymes:French/waʁ/1 syllable",
        "fr:Rodents"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dormouse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dormouse",
          "dormouse"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lwaʁ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-waʁ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Loire"
    }
  ],
  "word": "loir"
}

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