Polyglot Dictionary

ourives

/owˈɾivis/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. goldsmith

    • O ourives fez o anel.

      The goldsmith made the ring.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Goldschmied

Goldschmied is the German word for the same thing — both mean "goldsmith."

Spanish

orfebre

orfebre is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "goldsmith."

Practice

1 What does ourives mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ fez o anel.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ourives?

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