quincaillerie

French

Alternative forms

• quinquaillerie (obsolete)

Etymology

From quincaille +‎ -erie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̃.kaj.ʁi/ ~ /kɛ̃.kɑj.ʁi/

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Noun

quincaillerie f (plural quincailleries)

1. (uncountable) hardware: metal implements, taken collectively
2. a hardware store: a store where hardware is sold

Descendants

• → German: Kinkerlitzchen
• → Portuguese: quinquilharia

Further reading

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