Etymology

objet de vertu

Today it means: An object of particular interest for reasons of history, workmanship etc. Full definition →

French objet
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  1. French · derived fromobjet
  2. English todayobjet de vertu

From French objet + de + variant form of English virtu, after e.g. English objet d'art, from French objet d'art. The term objet de vertu does not exist in French.

Words from the same roots

Frenchobjet all →

objet d'artobjet trouvé

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.