fornais

Old French

Alternative forms

fornaise f

Etymology

From Latin fornāx, fornācem.

Noun

fornais oblique singular, m (oblique plural fornais, nominative singular fornais, nominative plural fornais)

furnace

Related terms

forn
fornel

Descendants

Middle French: fournaise
- French: fournaise
→ Middle English: forneys
- English: furnace

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (fornais)

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