ouvre-bouteille etymology

French word ouvre-bouteille comes from French ouvrir, French bouteille (Bottle (the container).)

Detailed word origin of ouvre-bouteille

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
ouvrir French (fra) (reflexive, s'ouvrir, of a door, a gate) to open (become open). (transitive) to begin. (transitive) to open.
bouteille French (fra) Bottle (the container).
ouvre-bouteille French (fra) Bottle opener (literally "open-bottle").

Words with the same origin as ouvre-bouteille

Descendants of ouvrir
ouvrant ouvre-boîte ouvreur
Descendants of bouteille
embouteillage