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発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /buˈdwɑɹ/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈbuːdwɑː/
• 韻: -ɑː(ɹ)

名詞

boudoir (複数形 boudoirs)

1. A woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 118:

     The Duchesse's boudoir was fitted up in a style of luxury utterly different from anything before familiar to the Carraras.

   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

     I found her in her boudoir getting outside a dish of tea and a crumpet.

使用する際の注意点

Strictly refers only to a woman’s room, but sometimes used informally or humorously to refer to the vaginal canal.^[1]

等位語

• cabinet, study (male equivalent)

派生語

関連する語

参考

• withdrawing room, drawing room

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