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objet de vertu

objet de vertu noun: an object of particular interest for reasons of history, workmanship etc.

Noun

objet de vertu (plural objets de vertu)

  1. An object of particular interest for reasons of history, workmanship etc.
    • We impotents are great collectors of objets de vertu, snuffboxes, musical boxes, knick-knacks.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 260

Forms of objet de vertu

pluralobjets de vertu

Origin of objet de vertu

From French objet + de + variant form of English virtu, after e.g. English objet d'art, from French objet d'art. The term objet de vertu does not exist in French.

Questions about objet de vertu

What does objet de vertu mean?
Objet de vertu means an object of particular interest for reasons of history, workmanship etc.
What part of speech is objet de vertu?
Objet de vertu is a noun.
What is the plural of objet de vertu?
The plural of objet de vertu is objets de vertu.

Words near objet de vertu in the dictionary

  1. objectum-sexuality
  2. objectum-sexuals
  3. objectums
  4. objet
  5. objet d'art
  6. objet de vertu
  7. objet trouvé
  8. objets
  9. objets d'art
  10. objets de vertu
  11. objets trouvés

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