lavandière
See also: lavandiere
French
editEtymology
editFrom laver + -andière; cf. also Late Latin lavandārius. Compare Italian lavandaio, Spanish lavandero, Portuguese lavandeiro, lavandeira.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlavandière f (plural lavandières)
- (archaic) washerwoman
- Synonyms: buandière, blanchisseuse
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “lavandière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.