doré
noun
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
doré
1 American
[daw-rey]
/ dɔˈreɪ /
noun
Canadian Dialect.
doré
2
American
[daw-rey]
/ dɔˈreɪ /
noun
Mining.
Dore
3
American
[dawr ]
/ dɔr /
noun
Doré
4
American
[daw-rey, daw-rey]
/ dɔˈreɪ, dɔˈreɪ /
noun
Doré
1
British
/ dɔre /
noun
doré
2
British
/ ˈdɔːreɪ, -riː /
noun
Etymology
Origin of doré1
1765–75; < Canadian French: literally, gilded, French < Late Latin deaurātus; see dorado
Origin of doré2
< French: literally, gilded; < Late Latin deaurātus; see dorado
Example Sentences
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China imports doré from those mines, process it and re-export.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 3, 2026
They have expanded in recent years, spurred on by favourable import duties on their main source of gold - imported, unrefined gold known as gold doré.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2024
You like me make you present of six or seven doré?
From Old Man Savarin and Other Stories by Edward William Thomson
After these comes the plant vert doré, and then a moderate proportion of the plant gris, the latter a white variety, as its name implies.
From Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines by Henry Vizetelly
It is true that others of the jeunesse doré had looked at, and talked of the beautiful Blanche Vernon.
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
Welsh Eurovision fan Philip Dore posted an excellent, empathetic article on the ESC Insight website, simply titled: "So, what do Eurovision fans do now?"
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
He was also helped by those at Castle Dore, such as the late Alastair Barr, who taught him to row and helped fuel his ambition to make the Olympics.
From BBC ● May 23, 2024
Dore offers an understanding of the cards as having a “midwifing function, in which they ask questions as part of a birthing process that brings forth new life. Questions that broaden rather than narrow down.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
He welcomed Jimmy Dore, another conspiracy-theory-minded comedian-podcaster, for a remote interview, thanking him for a mood lift “at a time where I plainly need it.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
He had no idea where he had got his picture of academic life—perhaps from the Dore illustrations of Dante’s Inferno with its massed and radiant angels.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Ellen Geer, who played Sunshine Doré in the 1971 dark-comedy death-and-romance classic “Harold and Maude,” just turned 80 and is no longer acting.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
It contained illustrations from Gustave Doré, one of the most prolific and successful book illustrators of the late-19th century.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
“I think people are just longing to socially connect,” Berlin-based DJ Elias Doré said, saying that thousands of young people would normally be dancing under the open skies of European festivals this summer.
From Reuters ● Jun. 26, 2020
However, the world’s tastes have come around to Aligoté’s austerity measures, in part because a better clonal selection called Aligoté Doré has been isolated, which yields wines with a more supple texture and superior aromatics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2018
It was on the little beaver stream below Hay Lake, a spot as wild as any dream of Doré, and a famous feeding-ground for moose and deer.
From A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories by William J. (William Joseph) Long
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