crible

French

noun
Definitions
  • sieve, sifter, riddle any device with holes in used to separate small things from larger things

Etymology

Inherited from Latin criblum, cribrum (sieve) derived from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part).

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Proto-Indo-European

*krey-

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separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part

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