menuise

Meaning

Noun

1. (archaic, feminine) sprat
2. (archaic, feminine) fry
3. (archaic, feminine) smallwood (wood too small to be used in carpentry, instead burned or used for charcoal)
4. (archaic, feminine) dust shot, rat shot, snake shot, mustard seed (very small lead shot)

Verb

1. (archaic, first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of menuiser:
2. (archaic, form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of menuiser:

Concepts

brisling

bristling

skipper

European sprat

Synonyms

sprat

anchois de Norvège

blanquette

Translations

Breitling

papalina

spratto

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mə.nɥiz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: menuise

Inherited from Latin: minūtia

In summary

Inherited from Middle French menuise, itself inherited from Latin minūtia. Doublet of minutie.