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éٲè

[ ey-tah-zhair, ey-tuh-; French ey-ta-zher ]

noun

plural éٲès
  1. a stand with a series of open shelves for small objects, bric-a-brac, etc.


éٲè

/ ٲɛ /

noun

  1. a stand with open shelves for displaying ornaments, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of éٲè1

Borrowed into English from French around 1850–55
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Word History and Origins

Origin of éٲè1

C19: from French, from éٲ shelf; see stage
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Example Sentences

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A bust of Philidor, the eighteenth-century French chess player and composer who was considered the best player of his day, was perched atop an éٲè of chess sets, almost as if he were at the game.

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There are plenty of ways to ship furniture, so even if all you brought with you for purchases was a tote bag, it doesn’t mean you can’t jump on that dreamy brass éٲè you found.

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Among the first pieces he made, after leaving Diane von Furstenberg in 2018 and taking a two-month-long inspiration trip to Japan and India, was a six-foot-tall éٲè composed of long crystal shelves suspended between two rectangular wooden columns made from alternating sections of sycamore, ash and white wenge.

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Tricia Beanum reclines on a vintage Mies van der Rohe MR lounge chair inside Pop Up Home and surveys her recent estate sale finds: vintage Persian rugs, midcentury pottery, a brass and glass Milo Baughman éٲè.

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Others are knickknacks displayed in a tall éٲè, such as three white cubes stacked on a lumpy white plinth and titled “Snowman.”

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