alunière
French, noun/a.ly.njɛʁ/
alunière is spelled A-L-U-N-I-È-R-E (8 letters). Alunière is a French feminine noun meaning “alum mine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celle qui fabrique ou vend l’alun”.
What does alunière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealum mine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celle qui fabrique ou vend l’alun. 2. Mine d’où l’on extrait l’alun. 3. Usine d’exploitation de l’alun.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alunière
- alunières plural
- alunier masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alunière?
- /a.ly.njɛʁ/
- \a.ly.njɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.