mortaise

French

Etymology

From Arabic مُورْتَاز‎ (mūrtāz, “fastened”), from رَازَا‎ (rāzā, “to cut a recess”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔʁ.tɛz/

Noun

mortaise f (plural mortaises)

mortise / mortice

Further reading

“mortaise” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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