"spire" meaning in French

See spire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /spiʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-spire.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-spire.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: spires [plural]
Etymology: From Latin spira, from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|la|spira}} Latin spira, {{der|fr|grc|σπεῖρα}} Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} spire f (plural spires)
  1. turn (of a spiral) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-spire-fr-noun-zRd8WisH Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. turn (of an electromagnetic coil) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-spire-fr-noun-QO0Zd3tS Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

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    ],
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    ]
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    }
  ],
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        "turn (of a spiral)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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        {
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          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "turn (of an electromagnetic coil)"
      ],
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        [
          "electromagnetic",
          "electromagnetic"
        ],
        [
          "coil",
          "coil"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Lyon"
      ]
    },
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      "note": "Somain",
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    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French feminine nouns",
    "French lemmas",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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      },
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    },
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      },
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      ]
    }
  ],
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        "turn (of a spiral)"
      ],
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        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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        "turn (of an electromagnetic coil)"
      ],
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        [
          "electromagnetic",
          "electromagnetic"
        ],
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          "coil"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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