sommier

See also: Sommier

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɔ.mje/

Etymology 1

Somme +‎ -ier

Adjective

sommier (feminine singular sommière, masculine plural sommiers, feminine plural sommières)

relating to or from Somme, the department of France

Etymology 2

From Old French somier, from Late Latin saumārius, sagmārius, from Latin sagma.

Noun

sommier m (plural sommiers)

beast of burden
box spring
wind chest (part of an organ)
pin box (part of a piano)

Synonyms

(beast of burden): bête de somme

Descendants

Spanish: somier (borrowed)

Further reading

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

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