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savoyard

savoyard noun: ladyfinger cookie.

Noun (1)

savoyard (plural savoyardi or savoyards)

  1. Ladyfinger cookie.

Noun (2) capitalized: Savoyard

Savoyard (plural Savoyards)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Savoy, a cultural region, largely part of the modern administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
    • He is one of the Emperor’s French-speaking subjects, not a Spaniard but a Savoyard.2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 30

Proper noun capitalized: Savoyard

Savoyard

  1. The dialect spoken in Savoy (Savoie and Haute-Savoie in France, canton of Valais in Switzerland, and in the Italian region of Aosta).

Forms of savoyard

pluralsavoyardi
pluralsavoyards
pluralSavoyards

Plural of savoyard: savoyardi or savoyards

Origin of savoyard

From Italian savoiardo.

Borrowed from French Savoyard.

Questions about savoyard

What does savoyard mean?
Savoyard means ladyfinger cookie.
What part of speech is savoyard?
Savoyard can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of savoyard?
The plural of savoyard is savoyardi.

Words near savoyard in the dictionary

  1. Savoy disease
  2. Savoy medlar
  3. Savoy medlars
  4. Savoy opera
  5. Savoy operas
  6. savoyard
  7. Savoyards
  8. savoyed
  9. savoying
  10. savoys
  11. savs

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