bonheur du jour

See also: bonheur-du-jour

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bonheur-du-jour (literally “daytime delight”), conjectured to be from its sudden rise in popularity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): (singular and plural) /bɒˌnɜː d(j)uː ˈʒʊə/
• (US) IPA^(key): (singular and plural) /bəˌnɝ d(j)u ˈʒʊɹ/, /bəˌnɝ də ˈʒʊɹ/
• Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: bon‧heur du jour

Noun

bonheur du jour (plural bonheurs du jour)

1. (historical, furniture) An 18th- and 19th-century lady's portable writing desk with a raised back.

Translations

lady's writing desk

• French: bonheur-du-jour (fr) m
• Italian: bonheur-du-jour m, scrivania (it) f