English

Proper noun

Sèvres

1. A town on the outskirts of Paris, France.
2. Designating a type of expensive porcelain traditionally made there.
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. VIII:

     Finally his bell sounded, and Victor came in softly with a cup of tea, and a pile of letters, on a small tray of old Sevres china, and drew back the olive-satin curtains, with their shimmering blue lining, that hung in front of the three tall windows.

   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 142:

     There was a bartop radio in the corner and a Sèvres china tea set on a copper tray beside a samovar.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛvʁ/

Proper noun

Sèvres

1. Sèvres

French

Verb

sèvres

1. second-person singular present indicative of sevrer
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of sevrer