alcôve
See also: alcove
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish alcoba or Portuguese alcova, from Arabic اَلْقُبَّة (al-qubba, “vault, chamber with vaulted roof”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editalcôve f (plural alcôves)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “alcôve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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