Etymology

ciré

Today it means: Having a shiny, glossy surface, often due to the application of wax or heat treatment. Full definition →

French ciré
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromciré“waxed; made shiny”
  2. English todayciré

Borrowed from French ciré (“waxed; made shiny”). Attested in English from the 1920s.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.