nourrice
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French nourrisse, nourrice, from Old French nurrice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia, from the feminine of Latin nūtrīcius.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nourrice f (plural nourrices)
- childminder, nanny
- Synonym: nounou
- wet nurse
- (slang) mule (person paid to smuggle drugs)
- 2023 April 15, “Fusillade de Monclar : trois mineurs interpellés”, in La Provence, number 9436, →ISSN, page 4:
- Depuis mercredi soir, des gendarmes mobiles venus de Nice, renforcent les actions de la police dans ce quartier où jeudi […], une “nourrice” a été interpellée par la BAC.
- Since Wednesday night, officers from a mobile gendarmerie unit in Nice have been supporting the actions of police in the area, where on Thursday […], a “drug mule” was arrested by the crime squad.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “nourrice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.