purgatoire

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin purgatorium (“cleansing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pyʁ.ɡa.twaʁ/

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Noun

purgatoire m (plural purgatoires)

1. purgatory (stage of the afterlife in Catholic theology)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• grouperait, regroupait