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- [doo-sur; French doo-sœr]
- /duˈsɜr; French duˈsœr/
- /duː.ˈsɜː/
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- [doo-sur; French doo-sœr]
- /duˈsɜr; French duˈsœr/
Definitions of douceur word
- noun plural douceur a gratuity; tip. 1
- noun plural douceur a conciliatory gift or bribe. 1
- noun plural douceur Archaic. sweetness or agreeableness. 1
- noun douceur A financial inducement; a gratuity or bribe. 1
- noun douceur a gratuity, tip, or bribe 0
- noun douceur sweetness 0
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Origin of douceur
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Middle French: sweetness < Late Latin dulcor, with initial syllable reshaped under influence of French doux, douce; see douce, -eur
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Parts of speech for Douceur
noun
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exclamation
douceur popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 50% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
douceur usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for douceur
noun douceur
- bonus — A bonus is an extra amount of money that is added to someone's pay, usually because they have worked very hard.
- bribe — A bribe is a sum of money or something valuable that one person offers or gives to another in order to persuade him or her to do something.
- gift — gamete intrafallopian transfer: a laparoscopic process in which eggs are retrieved from an ovary by aspiration and inserted, along with sperm, into the fallopian tube of another woman.
- gratuity — a gift of money, over and above payment due for service, as to a waiter or bellhop; tip.
- tip — Eugene (Gladstone) 1888–1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
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