dolçor

See also: dolčôr and dolçôr

Catalan

Etymology

From dolç + -or. First attested in the 14th century.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

dolçor f (plural dolçors)

  1. sweetness

References

  1. dolçor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

dolce, feminine of dous + -or, or from Late Latin dulcor, dulcōrem, from Latin dulcis.

Noun

dolçor oblique singular, f (oblique plural dolçors, nominative singular dolçor, nominative plural dolçors)

  1. softness
  2. (by extension) gentleness; kindness

Descendants

  • Angevin: douçour
  • Middle French: doulceur, dolceur, doulcheur, doulcour, doulçour; douceur, doucheur, douçour
  • Norman: doucheur
  • Picard: doucheur

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (dolçor, supplement)
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