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oistre

oistre

Middle French

Noun

oistre f (plural oistres)

oyster (mollusk)

Descendants

French: huître

Old French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin ostrea.

Alternative forms

Noun

oistre f ‎(oblique plural oistres, nominative singular oistre, nominative plural oistres)

oyster (mollusk)

Descendants

English: oyster
French: huître

References

oistre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
“huître” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).