doré

¹

[daw-rey]

noun

Canadian Dialect.

1. the walleye or pike perch of North America.

doré

²

[daw-rey]

noun

Mining.

1. a mixture of gold and silver in cast bars, as bullion.

Dore

³

[dawr]

noun

1. Monts a group of mountains in central France: highest peak, 6,188 feet (1,885 meters).

Doré

⁴

[daw-rey, daw-rey]

noun

1. (Paul) Gustave 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.

Doré

¹

/ dɔre /

noun

1. ( Paul ) Gustave (ɡystav). 1832–83, French illustrator, whose style tended towards the grotesque. He illustrated the Bible, Dante's Inferno, Cervantes' Don Quixote, and works by Rabelais

doré

²

/ -riː, ˈdɔːreɪ /

noun

1. another name for walleye walleye

Word History and Origins

Origin of Doré¹

1765–75; < Canadian French: literally, gilded, French < Late Latin deaurātus; dorado

Origin of Doré²

< French: literally, gilded; < Late Latin deaurātus; dorado

Word History and Origins

Origin of Doré¹

C18: from French, gilded; see _dory