Terminology record for oyster
RECORD
| Record No.: | 201/en/371 |
| Author: | ELAD D. F. |
| Creation date: | |
| Last updated: | 2026-09-21 15:37:48 |
| 🇫🇷 FRENCH | ||||||||||
| DOMAINE |
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| VEDETTE | * huître statut : recommandé
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| PARTIE DU DISCOURS | nom féminin | |||||||||
| ÉTYMOLOGIE | huître | |||||||||
| SOURCE DE L'ETYMOLOGIE |
Grand Robert de la langue française, en 6 volumes version 2.0 (2005). | |||||||||
| DÉFINITION |
Mollusque à coquille bivalve utilisé comme aliment ou pour la per Mollusque lamellibranche à coquille feuilletée ou rugueuse, comestible ou recherché pour sa sécrétion minérale (perle). | |||||||||
| PLURIEL | huîtres ; | |||||||||
| SOURCE DE DÉFINITION | Fishterm | |||||||||
| 🇬🇧 ENGLISH | ||||||||||
| SUBJECT FIELD |
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| TERM | * Oyster status: recommended
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| PART OF SPEECH | noun | |||||||||
| PLURAL | Oysters ; | |||||||||
| ETYMOLOGY | Middle English: from Old French oistre, via Latin from Greek ostreon; related to osteon ‘bone’ and ostrakon ‘shell or tile’. | |||||||||
| ETYMOLOGY SOURCE |
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (8th ed.) (2010). | |||||||||
| DEFINITION |
bivalve mollusc, member of the family Ostreidae, genus Ostrea, which includes the species commonly considered edible oysters. | |||||||||
| DEFINITION SOURCE |
Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019). Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (8th ed.) (2010). | |||||||||
