fornaise

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the masculine form fornais (later becoming feminine in Old French), from Latin fornāx, fornācem.

Noun

fornaise oblique singularf (oblique plural fornaises, nominative singular fornaise, nominative plural fornaises)

  1. furnace
    • 13th century, Adam de Ross, La vision de Saint Paul, page 1, column 2, line 29:
      puis revit une fornaise
      then he saw again a furnace

Descendants

  • Middle French: fournaise