trenchour

Middle English

Alternative forms

• trenchere, trencheour, trencheure, trenchore, trenchoure, trenchure, trenschoure

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman trenchour; equivalent to trenchen +‎ -our.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɛnˈt͡ʃuːr/, /ˈtrɛnt͡ʃur/

Noun

trenchour (plural trenchours)

1. A cutting tool; a knife or blade.
2. A platter; a serving dish.
3. Bread used as such a dish.

Descendants

• English: trencher
• → Welsh: trensiwr
• Yola: trenshoorès (plural)

References

• “trenchǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Alternative forms

• tranchour, trencheor, trencheour, trencheur

Noun

trenchour oblique singular, m (oblique plural trenchours, nominative singular trenchours, nominative plural trenchour)

1. (Anglo-Norman) cutter (cutting tool)
2. (Anglo-Norman) cutter (one who cuts)

Descendants

• French: tranchoir
• → Middle English: trenchour, trenchere, trencheour, trencheure, trenchore, trenchoure, trenchure, trenschoure
  • English: trencher
  • → Welsh: trensiwr
  • Yola: trenshoorès (plural)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (trancheor)
• trenchour on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub