pierre à aiguiser
French, noun/pjɛ.ʁ‿a ɛ.ɡi.ze/
pierre à aiguiser is a French feminine noun meaning “whetstone, hone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pierre dure dont on se sert pour rendre les instruments de fer plus tranchants ou plus pointus”.
What does pierre à aiguiser mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewhetstone, hone
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pierre dure dont on se sert pour rendre les instruments de fer plus tranchants ou plus pointus.
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 pierre à aiguiser
- pierres à aiguiser plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pierre à aiguiser?
- /pjɛ.ʁ‿a ɛ.ɡi.ze/
- /pje.ʁ‿a e.ɡi.ze/
- \pjɛ.ʁ‿a e.ɡi.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pierre à aiguiser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.