devoir
Syllables: de·voir/dəˈvwɑː/
devoir noun: duty, business; something that one must do.
Noun
devoir (plural devoirs)
- Duty, business; something that one must do.
- […] he imprint not so much in his schollers mind […] where Marcellus died, as because he was unworthy of his devoire he died there[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 149
- I should have long ere this paid my devoirs to the inhabitants of Raymond Castle.1787, “A female” [pseudonym; Winifred Marshall Gales], The History of Lady Emma Melcombe, and Her Family. By a Female. In Three Volumes, volume III, London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson...
devoir meaning in Tamil
devoir in Tamil
- விழுக்கடன்
Examples of devoir in a sentence
- Then quoth the portress to the mistress of the house, "O my lady, arise and go to thy place that I in turn may do my devoir."1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Benares [false, actually Stoke Newington, London]: Kamashastra...
- That is the little bit of essential information which enables us to complete our devoir – without it we are just ordinary people, dispossessed, taken unawares: the original sin!1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, or Ruling Passions (The Avignon Quintet; 4), London; Boston, Mass.: Faber & Faber, ISBN...
Forms of devoir
| plural | devoirs |
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Origin of devoir
From Middle English devoir, borrowed from Middle French devoir, from Old French deveir, from Latin dēbēre (“to owe; ought, must”).
Words that rhyme with devoir
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- Moskva
- Nansha
- rah
- shikar
- ah
- aha
- alhamdulillah
- Amapá
- Benoit
- Bogotá
- fa
- galah
- goombah
- huzzah
- inshallah
- Jah
- la
- lah-di-dah
- ma
- moire
- mudra
- ménage à trois
- na
- omertà
- ooh la la
- pa
- schwa
- shah
- Shangri-La
- sis boom bah
- ta
- wah
- Xisha
- 'za
- allah
- ar
- arthra
- Aymara
- baa
- bah
- Bogota
- boyar
- bra
- cha
- cha cha cha
- chamar
- che sara sara
- chicken paw
Questions about devoir
- What does devoir mean?
- Devoir means duty, business; something that one must do.
- What is devoir in Tamil?
- Devoir in Tamil is விழுக்கடன். See Devoir meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use devoir in a sentence?
- Then quoth the portress to the mistress of the house, "O my lady, arise and go to thy place that I in turn may do my devoir."
- What part of speech is devoir?
- Devoir is a noun.
- How do you pronounce devoir?
- Devoir is pronounced /dəˈvwɑː/.
- What is the plural of devoir?
- The plural of devoir is devoirs.
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