chiffonnier
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
chiffonnier (plural chiffonniers)
- Alternative form of chiffonier
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 233–234:
- Emily, who came up with all the curiosity of the country, would have liked to have seen much more than she did; but young ladies are like the pieces of looking-glass let into chiffonniers and doorways—only meant to reflect the actions of others.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chiffonnier m (plural chiffonniers, feminine chiffonnière)
- rag-gatherer
- chiffonier (item of furniture)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: xifonier
- → English: chiffonier
- → Romanian: șifonier
- → Swedish: chiffonjé
- → Turkish: şifonyer
Further reading[edit]
- “chiffonnier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.