sommier

See also: Sommier

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.mje/

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Etymology 1

From Somme +‎ -ier.

Adjective

sommier (feminine sommière, masculine plural sommiers, feminine plural sommières)

1. (relational) of Somme (department of France)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French somier, from Late Latin saumārius, sagmārius, from Latin sagma.

Noun

sommier m (plural sommiers)

1. beast of burden

   Synonym: bête de somme

2. box spring (box-shaped frame into which is a set of spiral springs, upon which rests a bed mattress)

   Coordinate term: matelas

3. (architecture) springer
4. windchest (part of an organ)
5. pin box (part of a piano)

Descendants

• → Spanish: somier

Further reading

• “sommier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.