éprouvette
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From épreuve with influence of the radical of éprouver + -ette.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]éprouvette f (plural éprouvettes)
- (chemistry) test tube
- Synonym: tube à essai
- (material science) specimen
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “éprouvette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.