bistouri

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pistorese or pistorino (“from Pistoia”, see Latin Pistōrium); the city of Pistoia was once famous for the manufacturing of blades. Doublet of pistoïen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bis.tu.ʁi/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -i

Noun

bistouri m (plural bistouris)

(surgery) bistoury, scalpel, surgical knife

Descendants

→ Albanian: bisturi
→ Catalan: bisturí
→ Dutch: bistouri
- → Indonesian: bisturi
→ English: bistoury
→ Esperanto: bisturio
→ Italian: bisturi
→ Romanian: bisturiu
→ Spanish: bisturí
→ Turkish: bisturi

Further reading

“bistouri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

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