baignoire
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French baignoire (“bathtub”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /bɛnˈwɑː(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]baignoire (plural baignoires)
- (dated) A box of the lowest tier in a theatre.
- 1894, George Du Maurier, Trilby[1]:
- Then enter Durien the sculptor, who had been presented with a baignoire at the Odéon to see "La Dame aux Camélias," and he invited Trilby and another lady to dine with him "au cabaret" and share his box.
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[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From baigner (“to bathe”) + -oire.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /bɛ.ɲwaʁ/ ~ /be.ɲwaʁ/
Audio: (file) - (in varieties where /ɲ/ is not a separate phoneme) IPA(key): /bɛ.nwaʁ/ ~ /be.nwaʁ/
Noun
[edit]baignoire f (plural baignoires)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “baignoire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “baignoire” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “baignoire” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
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