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cuvier

cuvier noun: fermenting room of a winery.

Noun

cuvier (plural cuviers)

  1. Fermenting room of a winery
    • The winery, she said, has a fermenting room – a cuvier – "that[…] is the most modern you can find today."2014 July 19, Ian Mount, “A family feud, uncorked in Spain [print version: ‘A family feud uncorked in Spain: Clan's succession battle threatens their legacy and widely praised wine’, International...

Proper noun capitalized: Cuvier

Cuvier

  1. A surname from French
  2. Georges Cuvier, a French naturalist.

cuvier meaning in Tamil

cuvier in Tamil

குவியர்

Forms of cuvier

pluralcuviers

Origin of cuvier

Borrowed from French cuvier (“vat”).

Words formed from cuvier

Questions about cuvier

What does cuvier mean?
Cuvier means fermenting room of a winery.
What is cuvier in Tamil?
Cuvier in Tamil is குவியர். See Cuvier meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cuvier?
Cuvier can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of cuvier?
The plural of cuvier is cuviers.

Words near cuvier in the dictionary

  1. cuvees
  2. cuvet
  3. cuvets
  4. cuvette
  5. cuvettes
  6. cuvier
  7. Cuvier's dwarf caiman
  8. Cuvier's rail
  9. Cuvierean
  10. Cuvierian
  11. Cuvierian organ

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