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finery

/ˈfaɪnəri/

Translations

fineryadjective

/ˈfaɪnəri/

Used attributively in technical terms such as "finery forge"; treated as adjective per guidelines.

affinatoireTechnique métallurgique.

Finery hearths were once common in pre-industrial ironworks.

Les foyers affinatoires étaient autrefois courants dans les forges préindustrielles.

finerynoun

fineries

She dressed in her finest finery for the gala event.

Elle s'est parée de sa plus belle parure pour le gala.

affinerieTechnique métallurgique.

The museum still preserves an 18th-century finery used for producing wrought iron.

Le musée conserve encore une affinerie du XVIIIe siècle utilisée pour produire du fer forgé.

Additional translations

atoursSoutenu ou littéraire.

Synonyms

fancy dress

fineryadjective

Relating to or used in the finery process of refining iron.

Finery hearths were once common in pre-industrial ironworks.

finerynoun

Expensive or ostentatious clothes or decoration.

She dressed in her finest finery for the gala event.

(metallurgy) A hearth or forge in which pig iron is refined into wrought iron.

The museum still preserves an 18th-century finery used for producing wrought iron.