prud'homme
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French prud’homme. Compare prude.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
prud'homme (plural prud'hommes)
- (archaic) An honorable, upstanding man.
- A male member of an employment tribunal or labor court in certain French-speaking countries, formed of employers and employees.
French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- prudhomme (1990 spelling reform)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French preudomme, from Old French prodome, preudomme. By surface analysis, preux + d’ + homme.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
prud’homme m (plural prud’hommes)
- a master craftsman or expert
- prud'homme (male member of employment tribunal)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: prud'homme
Further reading[edit]
- “prudhomme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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