livre tournoisn.

Brit.

/ˌliːvrə tʊəˈnwɑː/, U.S.

/ˌlivrə ˌtʊrˈnwɑ/

Inflections: Plural livres tournois.

Forms: 1500s liure tournois, 1600s liuer turnois, 1600s liver ternoys, 1600s livre turnoys, 1700s liver turnois, 1700s livre turnois, 1700s– livre tournois.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French livre tournois.

Etymology: < Middle French livre tournois (a1392) < livre livre n. + tournois of Tours (13th cent. in Old French as a noun, 1346 as adjective, both earliest with reference to currencies; < post-classical Latin Turonensis of or relating to the region of Tours (6th cent.); < classical Latin Tūrōnēs (also Tūrōnī ), the name of the Gaulish people originally inhabiting that region + -ēnsis -ese suffix; compare post-classical Latin Civitas Turonum , the name of Tours, lit. ‘city of the Turones’). Compare Tournois adj.The plural form livres tournois is after the French plural form.

Now historical.

A coin or unit of account in use in France from the Middle Ages to the 18th cent., and divided into 20 sols (or sous). Cf. livre of Tours at livre n.The livre tournois superseded the livre parisis (equal to 1¼ livres tournois) in the 13th cent. From 1360–1641 it was officially equivalent in value to a franc (franc n. 1), after which the terms livre tournois and franc were commonly used as synonyms in accounting.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > struck at Tours

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1564 J. Stubbs tr. T. de Bèze Hist. Life & Death Caluin sig. C.iiij The whole sixe hundred Florines..doth not al amount to three hundred liures tournois.

1612 E. Grimeston tr. L. T. de Mayerne Gen. Hist. Spaine xiv. 499 King Philip of Nauarre, should giue in dowry with his daughter D. Ieanne, a 100000. Sanchots, which were worth so many Liuers turnois.

1679 G. Rose tr. P. Boaistuau Theatre of World 195 Eighteen Livers ternoys [1663 livers of torney].

1709 Groans Inhabitants Island of Jersey 10 The said De Caen was sentenced to an Arbitrary Fine, which 3 months after was assessed to 300 Livres tournois.

1752 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. III. xv. 31 This last obstacle he got over, by settling on Wolsey a pension of 12,000 livres turnois a year.

1822 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 219 The livre tournois of France, after still greater degeneracy, continued until the late revolution, and has only been laid aside for the new system.

1884 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 357 The livre parisis..was worth one-fourth more than the livre tournois, and would therefore be equal to twenty-five sous tournois.

1918 J. B. McMaster Life & Times Stephen Girard I. i. 13 The livre tournois, or livre of Tours, was divided into 20 sous and each sou into 12 deniers, and had different values at different times both during and after the revolution.

1978 D. Miquelon Dugard of Rouen vii. 107 The calculation of profits is further complicated by the exchange rate between the livre tournois and the livre argent des îles.

2010 Early Music 38 538/2 The livre tournois was money of account..during most of the 17th and 18th centuries. Around 1704, the livre tournois was equivalent to about three shillings..in English currency.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	livre tournois
释义	livre tournoisn. Brit. /ˌliːvrə tʊəˈnwɑː/, U.S. /ˌlivrə ˌtʊrˈnwɑ/ Inflections: Plural livres tournois. Forms: 1500s liure tournois, 1600s liuer turnois, 1600s liver ternoys, 1600s livre turnoys, 1700s liver turnois, 1700s livre turnois, 1700s– livre tournois. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French livre tournois. Etymology: < Middle French livre tournois (a1392) < livre livre n. + tournois of Tours (13th cent. in Old French as a noun, 1346 as adjective, both earliest with reference to currencies; < post-classical Latin Turonensis of or relating to the region of Tours (6th cent.); < classical Latin Tūrōnēs (also Tūrōnī ), the name of the Gaulish people originally inhabiting that region + -ēnsis -ese suffix; compare post-classical Latin Civitas Turonum , the name of Tours, lit. ‘city of the Turones’). Compare Tournois adj.The plural form livres tournois is after the French plural form. Now historical. A coin or unit of account in use in France from the Middle Ages to the 18th cent., and divided into 20 sols (or sous). Cf. livre of Tours at livre n.The livre tournois superseded the livre parisis (equal to 1¼ livres tournois) in the 13th cent. From 1360–1641 it was officially equivalent in value to a franc (franc n. 1), after which the terms livre tournois and franc were commonly used as synonyms in accounting. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific French francc1405 sousec1503 livre tournois1564 livre1588 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > struck at Tours Turoneisa1387 Tournoisa1400 livre tournois1564 turnas1617 1564 J. Stubbs tr. T. de Bèze Hist. Life & Death Caluin sig. C.iiij The whole sixe hundred Florines..doth not al amount to three hundred liures tournois. 1612 E. Grimeston tr. L. T. de Mayerne Gen. Hist. Spaine xiv. 499 King Philip of Nauarre, should giue in dowry with his daughter D. Ieanne, a 100000. Sanchots, which were worth so many Liuers turnois. 1679 G. Rose tr. P. Boaistuau Theatre of World 195 Eighteen Livers ternoys [1663 livers of torney]. 1709 Groans Inhabitants Island of Jersey 10 The said De Caen was sentenced to an Arbitrary Fine, which 3 months after was assessed to 300 Livres tournois. 1752 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. III. xv. 31 This last obstacle he got over, by settling on Wolsey a pension of 12,000 livres turnois a year. 1822 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 219 The livre tournois of France, after still greater degeneracy, continued until the late revolution, and has only been laid aside for the new system. 1884 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 357 The livre parisis..was worth one-fourth more than the livre tournois, and would therefore be equal to twenty-five sous tournois. 1918 J. B. McMaster Life & Times Stephen Girard I. i. 13 The livre tournois, or livre of Tours, was divided into 20 sous and each sou into 12 deniers, and had different values at different times both during and after the revolution. 1978 D. Miquelon Dugard of Rouen vii. 107 The calculation of profits is further complicated by the exchange rate between the livre tournois and the livre argent des îles. 2010 Early Music 38 538/2 The livre tournois was money of account..during most of the 17th and 18th centuries. Around 1704, the livre tournois was equivalent to about three shillings..in English currency. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1564
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