necessaire

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See also: Necessaire and nécessaire

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French nécessaire.

Pronunciation

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Noun

necessaire (plural necessaires)

  1. A small case for holding personal items.
    • 1945, Nancy Mitford, The Pursuit of Love, Penguin 2010, p. 111:
      While this was being made they missed one boat, and, by the time it was ready, the sleuths were on their track – this unlucky medicine chest having played the same part that Marie Antoinette's nécessaire did in the escape to Varennes.

Middle French

Adjective

necessaire m or f (plural necessaires)

  1. necessary; required; needed
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