oistre

== Middle English == === Noun === oistre alternative form of oystre == Middle French == === Etymology === Old French, borrowed from Latin ostrea. === Noun === oistre f (plural oistres) oyster (mollusk) ==== Descendants ==== French: huître Norman: hitre == Old French == === Alternative forms === ostre oyster oystre === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ostrea. === Noun === oistre oblique singular, f (oblique plural oistres, nominative singular oistre, nominative plural oistres) oyster (mollusk) ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: oistreFrench: huîtreNorman: hitre → Middle English: oystre, ostre, ostree, oistre, oystur, oystere, ostyr, oister, oyestereEnglish: oysterScots: oyster, eyster → Irish: oisre, oisir (Ulster), eisir, eistre, oisridh (obsolete) → Scottish Gaelic: oisir, eisir === Further reading === oistre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub Etymology and history of “huître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012