emplastre

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin emplastrum.

Noun

emplastre m or f (oblique plural emplastres, nominative singular emplastres, nominative plural emplastre)

(medicine) plaster (paste applied to the skin)
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 196 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, line 2485:
  Il ne sevent emplastre faire
  They didn't know how to apply plaster

Descendants

English: emplaster (borrowed)
French: emplâtre

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