bistouri

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bistorino, ultimately from Latin Pistōrium (“Pistoia”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bis.tu.ʁi/
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Noun

bistouri m (plural bistouris)

bistoury, surgical knife

Descendants

→ Albanian: bisturi
→ Catalan: bisturí
→ English: bistoury
→ Italian: bisturi
→ Romanian: bisturiu
→ Spanish: bisturí
→ Turkish: bisturi

Further reading

“bistouri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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