livre tournois

noun

One of numerous currencies used in France in the Middle Ages.

OriginFrench livre tournois →
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Meanings

nounlivre tournois (plural livres tournois)

plural livres tournois

  1. One of numerous currencies used in France in the Middle Ages.
  2. A unit of account used in France in the Middle Ages and the early modern period.

Origin

  1. Frenchlivre tournois“Tours pound”
  2. Englishlivre tournois

From French livre tournois (“Tours pound”) (contrasted with that of Paris).

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APA

livre tournois. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/livre%20tournois

MLA

“livre tournois.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/livre%20tournois. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “livre tournois,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/livre%20tournois.

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