douairière

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French douairière

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duwariˈjɛrə/

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• Hyphenation: dou‧ai‧ri‧è‧re
• Rhymes: -ɛːrə

Noun

douairière f (plural douairières, diminutive [please provide])

1. dowager

French

Etymology

From douaire +‎ -ière.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dwɛ.ʁjɛʁ/, /dwe.ʁjɛʁ/

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Noun

douairière f (plural douairières)

1. dowager

Further reading

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