tarière

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Late Latin taratrum, attested by Isidore of Seville. Either from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia or from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *taratrom, from Proto-Indo-European *térh₁-tro-. Alternatively from Ancient Greek τέρετρον (téretron, “borer, gimlet”).

Cognate with Portuguese trado and Spanish taladro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ʁjɛʁ/

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Noun

tarière f (plural tarières)

1. auger (carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet)

See also

• vrille (“gimlet”)

Further reading

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