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Sèvres

American  
[se-vruh, sev-ruh, sev] / ˈsɛ vrə, ˈsɛv rə, sɛv /

noun

  1. a suburb of Paris in N France.

  2. Also Sèvres ware the porcelain made in this suburb since 1756.

Sèvres British  
/ sɛvrə /

noun

  1. porcelain ware manufactured at Sèvres, near Paris, from 1756, characterized by the use of clear colours and elaborate decorative detail

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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

Officials at Sèvres - France's state-owned porcelain factory - also identified some of their items on online auction sites, including a plate embossed with an air force stamp and ashtrays.

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

And he himself brought her the golden-brown bouillon, in a dainty Sèvres cup, with a flaky cracker or two on the saucer.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

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