ouvreur
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French[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ouvreur m (plural ouvreurs, feminine ouvreuse)
Etymology 2[edit]
From ouvrer + -eur (found in Old French as ovrëor, ovreur, ouvreor), possibly corresponding to Latin operātōrem, and therefore a doublet of the borrowing opérateur.
Noun[edit]
ouvreur m (plural ouvreurs, feminine ouvreuse)
- a worker in papermaking, charged with drawing out the paste from the vat and spreading it evenly to make a sheet
- a worker in glassmaking
- a worker who fashions textile materials and prepares them for weaving
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Further reading[edit]
- “ouvreur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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