bonne femme
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔn fɛm/
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Noun
bonne femme f (plural bonnes femmes)
- (informal, usually ironic or endearing) female equivalent of bonhomme: A woman, often elderly; an old wife
- 1999, Chrystine Brouillet, Les Fiancées de l'Enfer, →ISBN, page 82:
- Graham aimait défendre les bonnes femmes, et discourir sur la compréhension, sur la compassion. — Graham loved to defend women, and rambling on about comprehension, and compassion.
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Derived terms
- conte de bonne femme (“old wives' tale”)
- remède de bonne femme (“folk remedy”)