bonheur du jour
Syllables: bon·heur du jourUK/bɒˌnɜː d(j)uː ˈʒʊə/US/bəˌnɝ d(j)u ˈʒʊɹ/
bonheur du jour noun: an 18th- and 19th-century lady's portable writing desk with a raised back.
Noun
bonheur du jour (plural bonheurs du jour)
- An 18th- and 19th-century lady's portable writing desk with a raised back.
Forms of bonheur du jour
| plural | bonheurs du jour |
|---|
Origin of bonheur du jour
Borrowed from French bonheur-du-jour (literally “daytime delight”), conjectured to be from its sudden rise in popularity.
Words that rhyme with bonheur du jour
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- muir
- obscure
- amour
- assure
- boor
- immure
- impure
- lure
- recure
- immature
- inure
- manure
- moor
- cour
- Darfur
- demure
- du jour
- fure
- insecure
- liqueur
- mure
- reassure
- roture
- Ruhr
- unsure
- adure
- allure
- bonjour
- brochure
- bure
- chaussure
- combure
- couture
- de jour
- dhuhr
- dure
- guipure
- Kapur
- L'Anse Amour
- Namur
- parkour
- parure
- plat du jour
- poseur
- purpure
- smoor
- soup du jour
- spoor
Questions about bonheur du jour
- What does bonheur du jour mean?
- Bonheur du jour means an 18th- and 19th-century lady's portable writing desk with a raised back.
- What part of speech is bonheur du jour?
- Bonheur du jour is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bonheur du jour?
- Bonheur du jour is pronounced /bɒˌnɜː d(j)uː ˈʒʊə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bonheur du jour?
- The plural of bonheur du jour is bonheurs du jour.
Words near bonheur du jour in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bonheur du jour (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “bonheur du jour.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/bonheur_du_jour. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.