turquois

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English

Noun

turquois (countable and uncountable, plural turquoises)

Archaic form of turquoise.

Old French

Etymology

turc +‎ -ois.

Adjective

turquois m (oblique and nominative feminine singular turquoise)

Turkish

Descendants

Middle French: turquoise
- French: turquoise (“gemstone”)
  - Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz)
  - Turkish: turkuaz
  - Romanian: turcoază (stone)
  - French: turquoise (“colour”)
    - Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz)
    - Turkish: turkuaz
    - Romanian: turcoază (colour)
- → English: turquoise
- → Luxembourgish: turquoise

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (turquois)

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