mortier

From French mortier.

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mortier (plural mortiers)

1. A cap of state worn by legal functionaries in France.

Borrowed from Middle Dutch mortier, from Middle French mortier, from Old French , from Latin mortārium.

• IPA^(key): /mɔrˈtiːr/

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• Hyphenation: mor‧tier
• Rhymes: -iːr

mortier m (plural mortieren, diminutive mortiertje n)

1. mortar (cannon with near-vertical orientation)
2. mortar (bowl for grinding and crushing)

   Synonym: vijzel

3. (slang) fireworks shell

   Synonym: mortierbom

• mortierbom
• mortiergranaat

• Negerhollands: monti
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: monti (dated)
• → Indonesian: mortir

French Wikipedia has an article on:

mortier

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Inherited from Old French mortier, inherited from Latin mortārium.

• IPA^(key): /mɔʁ.tje/

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mortier m (plural mortiers)

1. mortar (mixture for bonding building blocks)
2. mortar (artillery)
3. mortar (small bowl used to crush or grind food)
4. mortarboard (academic's ceremonial headgear)

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

Borrowed from French mortier.

• IPA^(key): /mor.tiˈer/

mortier n (plural mortiere)

1. mortar (an artillery weapon)

• mortar

• obuzier

• mortier in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)