bijouterie

English

Alternative forms

• bijoutry

Etymology

From French bijouterie.

Noun

bijouterie (usually uncountable, plural bijouteries)

1. Small articles of jewellery, trinkets, etc.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 87:

     Is not Howel and James's shop filled with all that human art can invent, or human taste display—bijouterie touched with present sentiment, or radiant with future triumph?

   • 1850, The Anglo-hindoostanee handbook:

     The finer kinds of perfumery, prettily cut-glass bottles, and all sorts of bijouterie for the toilet or drawing-room table, good plaister casts, and in fact every thing ornamental, as far as the pecuniary means can afford, should be taken.

   • 1853, William Frederick Wakeman, Dublin: What's to be Seen, and how to See it:

     The first objects to attract attention are the large stands in the centre of the hall containing Mr. Simonton's brilliant display of bronze, painted china, and pretty bijouterie; the exquisite laces of Forrest and Allen; and the large collection of preparations for the toilet exhibited by Fred. Lewis.

   • 1861, Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London:

     The women cultivate and plant the ground, and after feeding their husbands, expend the surplus products in the beads and baubles which compose their bijouterie.

Related terms

• bijou

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bijouterie. Equivalent to bijou +‎ -erie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˌʒu.təˈri/

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• Hyphenation: bi‧jou‧te‧rie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

bijouterie f (plural bijouterieën)

1. (countable) A jewellery shop, a jeweller's.
2. (uncountable, countable) Jewellery, trinkets.

French

Etymology

From bijou (“piece of jewelry”) +‎ -erie, with intrusive -t-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ʒu.tʁi/

Noun

bijouterie f (plural bijouteries)

1. jeweller's; jewellery shop

Descendants

• → Romanian: bijuterie
• → Spanish: bisutería

Further reading

• “bijouterie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

bijouterie f

1. plural of bijouteria