mortaise

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔʁ.tɛz/
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Noun

mortaise f (plural mortaises)

mortise / mortice

Further reading

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

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