calvaire
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin calvāria.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
calvaire m (plural calvaires)
- (Christianity) calvary
- (figuratively) ordeal
- Synonym: torture
See also[edit]
Interjection[edit]
calvaire
Further reading[edit]
- “calvaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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