boudoir
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French boudoir, from bouder (“to sulk”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /buˈdwɑɹ/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈbuːdwɑː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
boudoir (plural boudoirs)
- A woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom.
- 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 1, page 118:
- The Duchesse's boudoir was fitted up in a style of luxury utterly different from anything before familiar to the Carraras.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
- I found her in her boudoir getting outside a dish of tea and a crumpet.
Usage notes
Strictly refers only to a woman’s room, but sometimes used informally or humorously by men to refer to their inner sanctum.[1]
Derived terms
Coordinate terms
Translations
woman's private room — see bower
See also
References
- ^ Raymond Chandler (1939) The Big Sleep, page 53: ““Tut, tut,” I said. “Come into my boudoir.””
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
boudoir m (plural boudoirs)
Further reading
- “boudoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Rooms
- French terms suffixed with -oir
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- Rhymes:French/waʁ
- Rhymes:French/waʁ/2 syllables
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Rooms