tailloir

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taj.waʁ/, /tɑj.waʁ/
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Noun

tailloir m (plural tailloirs)

abacus (uppermost member of the capital of a column)

Further reading

“tailloir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French tailleor, tailleoir, equivalent to tailler (“to cut”) +‎ -oir.

Noun

tailloir m (plural tailloirs)

a plate or board upon which food is cut before it is served

Descendants

French: tailloir
→ Middle Dutch: taeljoor, teljuur
- Dutch: taloor
  - → Papiamentu: tayó
  (Belgian, West Flemish, informal)
→ Middle High German: teller, teler, telier
- Cimbrian: tellar
- German: Teller
- Vilamovian: tełłer
- Yiddish: טעלער (teler)
→ Middle Low German: teller
- German Low German: Teller, Töller, Tüller
→ North Frisian: täliir (Halligen)

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