saphir (countable anduncountable,pluralsaphirs)

1. Obsolete form ofsapphire.

• IPA^(key):/sa.fiʁ/

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• Homophone:saphirs
• Hyphenation:sa‧phir

saphir (invariable)

1. sapphire(color)

saphir m (pluralsaphirs)

1. sapphire(gemstone)

• → Romanian:safir n
• → Turkish:safir

• “saphir”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

• safeer,safere,saffer,saffir,saffre,saffyre,safier,safir,safre,sapher,saphier,saphijr,saphire,saphyre

Borrowed fromOld Frenchsaphir,saffre, fromLatinsapphir,sappir,sapphīrus, fromAncient Greekσάπφειρος(sáppheiros).

• IPA^(key):/saˈfiːr/,/ˈsafir/,/ˈsafər/

saphir (pluralsaphirs)

1. sapphire(blue gemstone)
2. (figurative) Aworthyindividual

• English:sapphire

• “saphīr(e,n.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

saphir

1. sapphire(colour)

• English:sapphire

• “saphīr(e,n.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.