Noun: ourive
Gender: mf
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | ourive |
| Singular f | ourive |
| Plural m | ourives |
| Plural f | ourives |
Sample Sentences
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auiinça ontre os vigarios e cabido dos canbeadores e os ouriuez (agreement in between the vicars and chapter of the exchangers, and the goldsmiths) [1289, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 113:]
Nouns inflected like ourive
baloncestista,
somalí,
activista,
sevillista,
ordenanza,
paciente,
trompetista,
bengalí,
chantaxe,
chavista,
paracaidista,
ximnasta,
liberticida,
clarividente,
baldreu,
baldreo,
flagelante,
florista,
comandante,
xadrecista, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese ourivez (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin aurificem, from aurum (“gold”) + -fex (“maker”). Cognate with Portuguese ourives. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
ourivez', Latin Nouns '
aurifex', Portuguese Nouns '
ourives'.
Verbs referencing "ourive"
Portuguese Nouns
ourives.
Translations