plâtre

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French plâtre, plastre, from Old French plastre (first attested ca. 1165), from Vulgar Latin *plastrum (attested later in Medieval Latin plastrum), from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, daub; salve). Doublet of piastre.

Pronunciation

Noun

plâtre m (plural plâtres)

  1. plaster, plaster of Paris (the building material)
  2. plaster, cast (supportive and immobilising device)

Derived terms

Verb

plâtre

  1. inflection of plâtrer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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