usine

See also: usiné

English

Etymology

From French usine. Doublet of officina and oficina.

Noun

usine (plural usines)

1. (obsolete) A West Indian sugar factory.
   • 1877, P[eter] L[und] Simmonds, “Contents”, in Tropical Agriculture. A Treatise on the Culture, Preparation, Commerce, and Consumption of the Principal Products of the Vegetable Kingdom., London: E. & F. N. Spon, […], page viii:

     Account of the usines or central sugar factories on the island

   • 1879, The Judicature Ordinance 1879, page 105:

     The testator died possessed of one third share in an usine or manufactory of refined sugar, and in the machinery, stock in trade, book debts, and effects belonging thereto.

   • 1890 March 15, A. Urich, “Some Remarks on the Diffusion of the Sugar Cane”, in The Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer. […], volume IV, number 11, New Orleans, La., page 184, column 1:

     On our usines vacuum pans are used to make a high class of sugar, triple effects to save fuel, and filter presses to recover the sugar lost otherwise in the scum.

French

Etymology

From Middle French oeuchine, œussine, oucine, huisine, ozine, uisine, usine, from Old French oechine, oechevine, ouchine, wisine, huysine, from Latin officīna. Doublet of officine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.zin/

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Noun

usine f (plural usines)

1. factory
2. mill
3. works

Derived terms

• magasin d’usine
• usine à gaz
• usinier

Descendants

• → Bambara: izini
• → Bulgarian: юзи́на (juzína)
• → Portuguese: usina
• → Romanian: uzină
• → Spanish: usina

Verb

usine

1. inflection of usiner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• nuise, unies

Portuguese

Verb

usine

1. inflection of usinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative