baignoire
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French baignoire (“bathtub”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /bɛnˈwɑː(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Noun
editbaignoire (plural baignoires)
- (dated) A box of the lowest tier in a theatre.
- 1894, George Du Maurier, Trilby[1]:
- Then enter Durien the sculptor, who had been presented with a baignoire at the Odéon to see "La Dame aux Camélias," and he invited Trilby and another lady to dine with him "au cabaret" and share his box.
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom baigner (“to bathe”) + -oire.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /bɛ.ɲwaʁ/ ~ /be.ɲwaʁ/
Audio: (file) - (in varieties where /ɲ/ is not a separate phoneme) IPA(key): /bɛ.nwaʁ/ ~ /be.nwaʁ/
Noun
editbaignoire f (plural baignoires)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “baignoire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “baignoire” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “baignoire” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
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