baignoire

English

Alternative forms

• baignoir

Etymology

Etymology tree

French baigner

French -oire

French baignoirebor.

English baignoire

Borrowed from French baignoire (“bathtub”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛnˈwɑː(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Noun

baignoire (plural baignoires)

1. (dated) A box of the lowest tier in a theatre.
   • 1894, George Du Maurier, Trilby‎^[1]:

     Then enter Durien the sculptor, who had been presented with a baignoire at the Odéon to see "La Dame aux Camélias," and he invited Trilby and another lady to dine with him "au cabaret" and share his box.

Anagrams

• Aborigine, ab origine, aborigine

French

Etymology

From baigner (“to bathe”) +‎ -oire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛ.ɲwaʁ/ ~ /be.ɲwaʁ/

• Audio; “une baignoire”:

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• (in varieties where /ɲ/ is not a separate phoneme) IPA^(key): /bɛ.nwaʁ/ ~ /be.nwaʁ/

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Noun

baignoire f (plural baignoires)

1. bath (British), bathtub, tub (especially US)

   Hyponym: jacuzzi

Related terms

• baigner
• bain

Further reading

• “baignoire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• “baignoire”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse
• Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “baignoire”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette