oistre

Middle English

Noun

oistre

Alternative form of oystre

Middle French

Etymology

Old French, borrowed from Latin ostrea.

Noun

oistre f (plural oistres)

oyster (mollusk)

Descendants

French: huître

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ostrea.

Noun

oistre f (oblique plural oistres, nominative singular oistre, nominative plural oistres)

oyster (mollusk)

Descendants

English: oyster
French: huître

References

oistre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
“huître” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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