ourives

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ourivez, from Latin aurificem, from aurum (“gold”). Doublet of aurífice. Cognate with Galician ourive.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈɾi.vis/ [o(ʊ̯)ˈɾi.vis]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈɾi.viʃ/ [o(ʊ̯)ˈɾi.viʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈɾi.ves/ [o(ʊ̯)ˈɾi.ves]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈɾi.vɨʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /owˈɾi.bɨʃ/ [owˈɾi.βɨʃ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /oˈɾi.vɨʃ/

Hyphenation: ou‧ri‧ves

Noun

ourives m or f by sense (invariable)

goldsmith (craftsman who makes things out of gold)
Synonym: aurífice

Derived terms

ourivesaria

Related terms

ouro

Further reading

“ourives”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“ourives”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026