bonne femme
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bonne femme f (plural bonnes femmes)
- (informal, usually ironic or endearing) female equivalent of bonhomme: a woman, often elderly; an old wife
- 1999, Chrystine Brouillet, Les Fiancées de l'Enfer, →ISBN, page 82:
- Graham aimait défendre les bonnes femmes, et discourir sur la compréhension, sur la compassion.
- Graham liked to defend women, and to talk at length about understanding and compassion.
Derived terms edit
- conte de bonne femme (“old wives' tale”)
- remède de bonne femme (“folk remedy”)