fornaise

Old French

Alternative forms

• fornais m

Etymology

From the masculine form fornais (later becoming feminine in Old French), from Latin fornāx, fornācem.

Noun

fornaise oblique singular, f (oblique plural fornaises, nominative singular fornaise, nominative plural fornaises)

1. furnace
   • 13th century, Adam de Ross, La vision de Saint Paul, page 1, column 2, line 29:

     puis revit une fornaise

     then he saw again a furnace

Related terms

• forn
• fornel

Descendants

• Middle French: fournaise
  • French: fournaise