lapidaire

Learned borrowing from Latin lapidārius (“stony”). The terse sense is from inscription lapidaire, short inscriptions carved in stone.

• IPA^(key): /la.pi.dɛʁ/

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• Homophones: lapidaires, lapidèrent

lapidaire (plural lapidaires)

1. related to stone

   inscription lapidaire ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (figurative) terse (abruptly short)

   Synonyms: laconique, concis

• lapidairement

• → German: lapidar

lapidaire m or f by sense (plural lapidaires)

1. lapidary, gemsmith

• “lapidaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.