Dore

[ dawr ]

noun
  1. Monts [mawn], /mɔ̃/, a group of mountains in central France: highest peak, 6,188 feet (1,885 meters).

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doré1
[ daw-rey ]

nounCanadian Dialect.
  1. the walleye or pike perch of North America.

Origin of doré

2
1765–75; <Canadian French: literally, gilded, French <Late Latin deaurātus;see dorado

Other definitions for doré (3 of 4)

doré2
[ daw-rey ]

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

Origin of doré

3
<French: literally, gilded; <Late Latin deaurātus;see dorado

Other definitions for Doré (4 of 4)

Doré
[ daw-rey; French daw-rey ]

noun
  1. (Paul) Gus·tave [pawl gy-stav], /pɔl güˈstav/, 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.

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British Dictionary definitions for doré (1 of 2)

doré

/ (ˈdɔːreɪ, -riː) /


noun

Origin of doré

1
C18: from French, gilded; see dory

British Dictionary definitions for Doré (2 of 2)

Doré

/ (French 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

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