lavandière

See also: lavandiere

French

Etymology

laver +‎ -andière; cf. also (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin lavandārius. Compare Italian lavandaio, Spanish lavandero, Portuguese lavandeiro, lavandeira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.vɑ̃.djɛʁ/

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Noun

lavandière f (plural lavandières)

1. washerwoman

Further reading

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