mouchoir
English
Etymology
From French mouchoir.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /muʃˈwɑɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /muːʃˈwɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: mou‧choir
Noun
mouchoir (plural mouchoirs)
- (dated) A handkerchief.
French
Etymology
moucher + -oir
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mu.ʃwaʁ/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -waʁ
- Homophone: mouchoirs
Noun
mouchoir m (plural mouchoirs)
- handkerchief
Derived terms
- à mouchoir que veux-tu
- mouchoir de poche
- mouchoir en papier
Descendants
- English: mouchoir
- Vietnamese: mu-xoa, mùi soa, mùi xoa
Further reading
- “mouchoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.