mortier

See also: Mortier

Brass morter and pestle

English

Etymology

From French mortier.

Noun

mortier (plural mortiers)

1. A cap of state worn by legal functionaries in France.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Dutch mortier, from Middle French mortier, from Old French [Term?], from Latin mortārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔrˈtiːr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: mor‧tier
• Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

mortier m (plural mortieren, diminutive mortiertje n)

1. mortar (cannon with near-vertical orientation)
2. mortar (bowl for grinding and crushing)

   Synonym: vijzel

3. (slang) fireworks shell

   Synonym: mortierbom

Derived terms

• mortierbom
• mortiergranaat

Descendants

• Negerhollands: monti
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: monti (dated)
• → Indonesian: mortir

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mortier, inherited from Latin mortārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔʁ.tje/

• Audio; “le mortier”:

  (file)

Noun

mortier m (plural mortiers)

1. mortar (mixture for bonding building blocks) [from c. 1160]
2. mortar (artillery) [from c. 1450]
3. mortar (small bowl used to crush or grind food) [from c. 1170]
4. mortarboard (academic's ceremonial headgear) [from 1461]

Further reading

• “mortier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mortier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mor.tiˈer/

Noun

mortier n (plural mortiere)

1. mortar (an artillery weapon)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mortier	mortierul		mortiere	mortierele
genitive-dative	mortier	mortierului		mortiere	mortierelor
vocative	mortierule			mortierelor

Related terms

• mortar

See also

• obuzier

Further reading

• mortier in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)