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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

boudoir

/buˈdwɑɹ/

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What does boudoir mean?

noun

  1. A woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom.
  2. (slang) An army tent.

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IPA pronunciation

/buˈdwɑɹ/

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Mr. Superintendent’s next proceeding took him back to the “boudoir” again, with my daughter and me at his heels.
Wilkie CollinsThe MoonstoneProject Gutenberg ebook #155
A few years ago, under the empire, M. Louis Lacour found a manuscript catalogue of the books in the Queen’s boudoir.
Andrew LangThe LibraryProject Gutenberg ebook #2018
More book examples (3)
The Duchesse de Duras read to three or four friends her unpublished Ourika, in her boudoir furnished by X. in sky-blue satin.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
Escorted by a Cabinet Minister, she had once more found her way to the tiny boudoir, still the most deserted among all the rooms.
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness OrczyThe Scarlet PimpernelProject Gutenberg ebook #60
Any private hours in her day were usually spent in her blue-green boudoir, and she had come to be very fond of its pallid quaintness.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145