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noun, feminine

mortaise

/mɔʁ.tɛz/

noun, feminine/mɔʁ.tɛz/plural: mortaises

mortise / mortice

From Arabic مُورْتَاز (mūrtāz, “fastened”), from رَازَا (rāzā, “to cut a recess”).

mortaise — French Dictionary | Passage