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# boudoir

noun (a boudoir, boudoirs — pronounced BOO-dwah)

«boudoir» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (old-fashioned) A lady's small private sitting room or dressing room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boudoir/#m1)
2. (literary) A pretty, private bedroom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boudoir/#m2)

### In the lessons

An old word from French, met in Victorian and Edwardian stories and in grand houses, where a rich lady had her boudoir to write letters, dress and rest. It tells the reader the house is wealthy and old-fashioned.

### Examples

- The duchess received her friends in her boudoir. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boudoir/#x1)
- The boudoir had pink curtains and a little writing desk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boudoir/#x2)
- In the old house we saw the lady's boudoir with its mirror and chair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boudoir/#x3)
- The maid brought tea up to her mistress's boudoir. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boudoir/#x4)
- The story says the queen sat sulking in her boudoir. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boudoir/#x5)
- Today most people would just say «bedroom» or «sitting room». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boudoir/#x6)
- Hereupon he wandered into a boudoir formed entirely of mirrors, like the one in Castle Rosenburg; but here the glasses magnified to an astonishing degree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boudoir/#x7)

### Note

Borrowed from French; the «oir» sounds like «wah». Countable: a boudoir, two boudoirs. It is old-fashioned; do not use it for an ordinary modern bedroom except as a joke.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «boudoir» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boudoir/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«boudoir» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/boudoir.html) on Mova free.