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livre tournois

livre tournois noun: one of numerous currencies used in France in the Middle Ages.

Noun

livre tournois (plural livres tournois)

  1. One of numerous currencies used in France in the Middle Ages.
  2. A unit of account used in France in the Middle Ages and the early modern period.

Forms of livre tournois

plurallivres tournois

Origin of livre tournois

From French livre tournois (“Tours pound”) (contrasted with that of Paris).

Questions about livre tournois

What does livre tournois mean?
Livre tournois means one of numerous currencies used in France in the Middle Ages.
What part of speech is livre tournois?
Livre tournois is a noun.
What is the plural of livre tournois?
The plural of livre tournois is livres tournois.

Words near livre tournois in the dictionary

  1. Livorno
  2. livors
  3. livraison
  4. livraisons
  5. livre
  6. livre tournois
  7. livres
  8. livres tournois
  9. Livron-sur-Drôme
  10. Livry-Gargan
  11. Livs

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