bonheur-du-jour
French, noun/bɔ.nœʁ.dy.ʒuʁ/
bonheur-du-jour is spelled B-O-N-H-E-U-R-D-U-J-O-U-R (13 letters). Bonheur-du-jour is a French masculine noun meaning “bonheur du jour (lady's writing desk)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Meuble de dame comportant une table à tiroirs surmontée partiellement d’une petite armoire ou d’autres…”.
What does bonheur-du-jour mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebonheur du jour (lady's writing desk)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Meuble de dame comportant une table à tiroirs surmontée partiellement d’une petite armoire ou d’autres éléments de rangement.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de bonheur-du-jour.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bonheur-du-jour
- bonheurs-du-jour plural
- bonheur du jour
- bonheur-du-jour
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bonheur-du-jour?
- /bɔ.nœʁ.dy.ʒuʁ/
- \bɔ.nœʁ.dy.ʒuʁ\
- [bɔ.nœʁ.dy.ʒuʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.