Sèvres
Americannoun
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a suburb of Paris in N France.
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Also Sèvres ware the porcelain made in this suburb since 1756.
noun
Example Sentences
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In “Enchanted Escape,” we see her ostentatiously unadorned Sèvres porcelain plates and silverware for the royal toilette, a pink neoclassical armchair for resting after doing very little.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
A senior staff member at France's presidential palace will stand trial over the alleged theft of precious tableware, including Baccarat Champagne glasses and Sèvres porcelain plates.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
Decisions must be made soon, says Patrizia Tavella, who leads the time department at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Sèvres, France.
From Scientific American • Jan. 26, 2023
The 1920 Treaty of Sèvres partitioned the empire, leaving the Ottomans with control over only Istanbul and Thrace.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Oh! it will be very fine; all my best of everything—crystal, silver and gold, Sèvres, flowers, music, and champagne to swim in.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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