"tessère" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \tɛ.sɛʁ\ Forms: tessères [plural]
  1. Petite tablette d’ivoire, de métal, de bois, qui chez les anciens Romains servait de signe de reconnaissance, de jeton, de billet de théâtre, et pour divers autres usages. Tags: Ancient
    Sense id: fr-tessère-fr-noun-NMxYODxG Categories (other): Exemples en français, Lexique en français de l’Antiquité
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: tesera (Croate), téssera (Portugais)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "étresse"
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