blanchisseur

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

French blanchiss(ant)

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -(ā)tōrem

Old French -or

Middle French -eur

French -eur

French blanchisseur

From blanchiss(ant) (stem of the present participle of blanchir) +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɑ̃.ʃi.sœʁ/

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Noun

blanchisseur m (plural blanchisseurs, feminine blanchisseuse)

1. laundry-worker

Further reading

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