devoir

Definitions


[ˈdɛvwɑː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person's duty
(e.g: you have done your devoir right well)


Phrases:
- pay one's devoirs

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French deveir, from Latin debere ‘owe’. The spelling, and subsequently the pronunciation, was changed under the influence of modern French devoir




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