huître

== French == === Alternative forms === huitre (post-1990 spelling) === Etymology === From Old French uistre, oistre, from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon). The h is unetymological (no h in the Latin ostrea), but it used to disambiguate the pronunciation in the times when u and v were variants of the same letter, cf. huit, huile. === Pronunciation === (mute h) IPA(key): /ɥitʁ/ Rhymes: -itʁ IPA(key): (Louisiana) /zwit/ Homophones: huitre, huitres, huîtres === Noun === huître f (plural huîtres) oyster ==== Derived terms ==== couteau à huîtres huîtrier plein comme une huître === Further reading === “huître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012