tresour

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French tresor, from Latin thēsaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trɛːˈzoːr/, /trɛːˈzuːr/, /ˈtrɛːzur/

Noun

tresour (plural tresoures)

  1. Something or someone of great value:
    1. treasure, hoard (collection of valuables)
    2. treasure (a valuable possession)
    3. gift, talent (valuable faculty)
  2. A treasury or vault (repository for valuables)
Descendants
  • English: treasure
  • Scots: treisur
References

Noun

tresour

  1. Alternative form of tressour (headdress)
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