necessaire
See also: Necessaire and nécessaire
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French nécessaire.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɛsɪˈsɛə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /nɛsɪˈsɛɹ/
Noun
necessaire (plural necessaires)
- A small case for holding personal items.
- 1945, Nancy Mitford, The Pursuit of Love, Penguin 2010, p. 111:
- While this was being made they missed one boat, and, by the time it was ready, the sleuths were on their track – this unlucky medicine chest having played the same part that Marie Antoinette's nécessaire did in the escape to Varennes.
- 1945, Nancy Mitford, The Pursuit of Love, Penguin 2010, p. 111:
Middle French
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