baignoire

English

Alternative forms

• baignoir

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French baignoire (“bathtub”).

Noun

baignoire (plural baignoires)

1. (dated) A box of the lowest tier in a theatre.

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Anagrams

• Aborigine, ab origine, aborigine

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French

Etymology

baigner (“to bathe”) +‎ -oire

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛ.ɲwaʁ/ ~ /be.ɲwaʁ/

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Noun

baignoire f (plural baignoires)

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

Related terms

• baigner

Further reading

• “baignoire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.