bonheur-du-jour
See also: bonheur du jour
French
bonheur-du-jour
Etymology
Literally, “daytime delight”, conjectured to be from its sudden rise in popularity.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔ.nœʁ.dy.ʒuʁ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uʁ
Noun
bonheur-du-jour m (plural bonheurs-du-jour)
- (historical, furniture) bonheur du jour (lady's writing desk)
- Hypernyms: bureau, secrétaire
Descendants
- → English: bonheur du jour
Further reading
- “bonheur-du-jour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
bonheur-du-jour on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr