mouchoir
Syllables: mou·choirUK/muːʃˈwɑː/US/muʃˈwɑɹ/
mouchoir noun: a handkerchief.
Noun
mouchoir (plural mouchoirs)
- A handkerchief.
- Becky came down to him presently; whenever the dear girl expected his lordship, her toilette was prepared, her hair in perfect order, her mouchoirs, aprons, scarfs, little morocco slippers, and other female gimcracks arranged, […].1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XLVIII, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
Forms of mouchoir
| plural | mouchoirs |
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Origin of mouchoir
Borrowed from French mouchoir.
Words that rhyme with mouchoir
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- water bar
- char
- tar
- var
- AAR
- bazaar
- caviar
- lodestar
- Mullingar
- Myanmar
- scar
- ajar
- arr
- barre
- boudoir
- cigar
- cymar
- czar
- disbar
- gar
- guitar
- haar
- instar
- lar
- Loire
- noir
- NPR
- omar
- schwar
- their
- tl;dr
- tsar
- TTR
- upbar
- USSR
- yar
- -dar
- AGR
- alcazar
- armoire
- au revoir
- bahar
- baignoire
- Bashar
- beaux-arts
- beer bar
- Berger Picard
- Bihar
Questions about mouchoir
- What does mouchoir mean?
- Mouchoir means a handkerchief.
- What part of speech is mouchoir?
- Mouchoir is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mouchoir?
- Mouchoir is pronounced /muʃˈwɑɹ/ (US).
- What is the plural of mouchoir?
- The plural of mouchoir is mouchoirs.
Words near mouchoir in the dictionary
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