ossuaire

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin ossuārium (“charnel house”), from ossuārius (“of or for bones”), from Latin os (“bone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.sɥɛʁ/

Noun

ossuaire m (plural ossuaires)

1. ossuary

Related terms

• os

Further reading

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