Tuileries

See also: tuileries

English

Etymology

From French Tuileries, from tuileries, feminine plural of tuilerie (“place for manufacturing tiles”). The name comes from the tile kilns which occupied the site before the palace.

Proper noun

Tuileries

  1. A palace in Paris, France which was built in the 16th century and destroyed by fire in 1871.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From tuileries, feminine plural of tuilerie (“place for manufacturing tiles”). The name comes from the tile kilns which occupied the site before the palace.

Pronunciation
  • (France) IPA(key): /tɥilʁi/

Proper noun

Tuileries f pl

  1. The Tuileries.
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