ornière

== French == === Etymology === Alteration, under the influence of orne, of Old French ordiere, inherited from Vulgar Latin *orbitaria, from Latin orbita. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔʁ.njɛʁ/ === Noun === ornière f (plural ornières) rut (groove in a road) (figurative) habit; routine sortir de l'ornière ― get out of a rut === Further reading === “ornière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012