loir

From French.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔɪə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪə(ɹ)

loir (plural loirs)

1. (dated) dormouse

• Lori, Lior, roil

Inherited from Old French loir, leir, lère, from Vulgar Latin *glirem, from Classical Latin glīrem. Compare Spanish lirón. Cf. also similar loss of initial Latin 'g-' in Old French luissel (from *globuscellum), lemoissel (from *glomiscellum).

• IPA^(key): /lwaʁ/
• Rhymes: -waʁ
• Homophone: Loire

loir m (plural loirs)

1. dormouse

• dormir comme un loir

• lérot
• liron

• → English: loir

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