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