acier

See also: acièr

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French acier, acer, from Late Latin aciārium, from Latin acies, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Compare Catalan acer, Galician aceiro, Italian acciaio, Occitan acièr, Portuguese aço, Spanish acero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sje/

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Noun

acier m (plural aciers)

1. steel

Derived terms

• acier inoxydable
• roue en acier

 

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: asye
• → Interlingua: aciero

See also

• inox

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• carie, carié, craie, créai, écria

Old French

Alternative forms

• acer, achier, assier

Etymology

From Late Latin aciārium, from Latin acies.

Noun

acier oblique singular, m (nominative singular aciers)

1. steel
2. (by extension) a weapon made of steel; chiefly a sword
   • c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     Mainz cos des aciers poitevins

     Lots of blows by the Poitiers blades

Descendants

• Bourguignon: aicié
• Franc-Comtois: aci, aici
• Middle French: acier, achier
  • French: acier
    • Haitian Creole: asye
    • → Interlingua: aciero
• Lorrain: ècer
• Norman: achier

  Norman: acyi (Jersey)

• Poitevin-Saintongeais: açàe
• Walloon: acî