de rigueur

de rigueur meaning in Malayalam and Arabic

Examples of de rigueur in a sentence

• […] his nose—if a sketch of his features be de rigueur for a person of his pretensions—was artistically beautiful enough to have been worth doing in marble by any sculptor not over-busy, […].1886 May – 1887 April, Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and...
• […] Lady Muriel—not being one of those lady-singers who think it de rigueur to decline to sing till they have been petitioned three or four times, […].1889, Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], Sylvie and Bruno, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 247:
• It is still de rigueur for the victorious State to add to its exploitable territory at the expense of the conquered.1959, Frank Chodorov, The Rise and Fall of Society, Devin-Adair, Chapter 13, page 126:
• I lived half my adult life in a country where dropping in unannounced was de rigueur.1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, New York, N.Y.: Farrar Straus Giroux, →ISBN:

Origin of de rigueur

Borrowed from French de rigueur (“required”), from de (“of”) + rigueur (“rigour/rigor”).

Words that rhyme with de rigueur

• spur
• fur
• demur
• recur
• refer
• stir
• burr
• blur
• slur
• sir
• chasseur
• confer

Questions about de rigueur

What does de rigueur mean?

De rigueur means necessary according to etiquette, protocol or fashion.

What is de rigueur in Malayalam?

De rigueur in Malayalam is ഫാഷനായ, നവീനഫാഷനിലുള്ള, ഇപ്പോഴത്തെ രീതിക്കു വേണ്ടതായ. See De rigueur meaning in Malayalam.

How do you use de rigueur in a sentence?

[…] his nose—if a sketch of his features be de rigueur for a person of his pretensions—was artistically beautiful enough to have been worth doing in marble by any sculptor not over-busy, […].

What part of speech is de rigueur?

De rigueur is an adjective.

How do you pronounce de rigueur?

De rigueur is pronounced /də ɹɪˈɡɜː(ɹ)/ (UK).