belle-de-jour

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛl.də.ʒuʁ/

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Noun

belle-de-jour f (plural belles-de-jour)

1. a cultivated species of bindweed, Convolvulus tricolor whose flowers are only open for a day

Further reading

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