Definition of devoir in English:

devoir

noun dəˈvwɑːdəˈvwɑr

archaic

A person's duty.
〈古〉义务，责任，职责
you have done your devoir right well
你已经很好地尽责了。
Example sentencesExamples
- The hedge was laid by a veteran Yorkshireman, and the lord of the manor's bailiff was present to see the devoir properly carried out.
- For yet another year, indigenous performance arts showed incredibly minimal growth, with creativity seemingly dedicating itself to the devoir of producing perplexity rather than refinement.
Synonyms
duty, commitment, responsibility, moral imperative

Phrases

pay one's devoirs

archaic Pay one's respects formally.
致敬，尊敬
I paid my devoirs to both
Example sentencesExamples
- Hereby allow me to pay our devoirs to you in behalf of all the staff of our company.
- Very warily has ‘my lord’ to pay his devoirs, for any unnecessary bashfulness on his part but precipitates his fate, which is, alas, to be eaten up.
- I wish you a good morning, and will pay my devoirs in a day or two to inquire after your health, and hear what has taken place.
- But since it is well for a squire to have some one to whom to pay his devoirs, and since, also, thou needest a proper squire, I tell thee, Faith, that thou shalt be my lady, and in all things will I be thy faithful squire.
- Let not the traveller omit to pay his devoirs to the liquid ‘manna of Montepulciano,’ the monarch of Tuscan, if not of all other wines, as Bacchus and Redi have pronounced it.

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.

Rhymes

aargh, Accra, afar, ah, aha, aide-mémoire, ajar, Alcazar, are, Armagh, armoire, Artois, au revoir, baa, bah, bar, barre, bazaar, beaux-arts, Bekaa, bête noire, Bihar, bizarre, blah, Bogotá, Bonnard, bra, cafard, café noir, Calabar, car, Carr, Castlebar, catarrh, Changsha, char, charr, cigar, comme ci comme ça, commissar, coup d'état, de haut en bas, Dhofar, Directoire, Du Bois, Dumas, Dunbar, éclat, embarras de choix, escritoire, fah, famille noire, far, feu de joie, film noir, foie gras, Fra, galah, gar, guar, guitar, ha, hah, ha-ha, Halacha, hurrah, hussar, huzza, insofar, Invar, jar, je ne sais quoi, ka, kala-azar, Kandahar, khimar, Khorramshahr, knar, Krasnodar, Kwa, la-di-da, lah, Lehár, Loire, ma, mama, mamma, mar, Mardi Gras, ménage à trois, mirepoix, moire, nam pla, Navarre, noir, objet d'art, pa, pah, Panama, papa, par, Pará, Paraná, pas, pâté de foie gras, peau-de-soie, pietà, Pinot Noir, pooh-bah, poult-de-soie, pya, rah, registrar, Saar, Salazar, Sana'a, sang-froid, scar, schwa, Seychellois, shah, Shangri-La, shikar, ska, sol-fa, spa, spar, star, Starr, Stranraer, ta, tahr, tar, tartare, tata, tra-la, tsar, Twa, Villa, voilà, waratah, yah

Definition of devoir in US English:

devoir

noundəˈvwɑrdəˈvwär

archaic

A person's duty.
〈古〉义务，责任，职责
you have done your devoir right well
你已经很好地尽责了。
Example sentencesExamples
- The hedge was laid by a veteran Yorkshireman, and the lord of the manor's bailiff was present to see the devoir properly carried out.
- For yet another year, indigenous performance arts showed incredibly minimal growth, with creativity seemingly dedicating itself to the devoir of producing perplexity rather than refinement.
Synonyms
duty, commitment, responsibility, moral imperative

Phrases

pay one's devoirs

archaic Pay one's respects formally.
致敬，尊敬
I paid my devoirs to both
Example sentencesExamples
- Hereby allow me to pay our devoirs to you in behalf of all the staff of our company.
- I wish you a good morning, and will pay my devoirs in a day or two to inquire after your health, and hear what has taken place.
- Very warily has ‘my lord’ to pay his devoirs, for any unnecessary bashfulness on his part but precipitates his fate, which is, alas, to be eaten up.
- But since it is well for a squire to have some one to whom to pay his devoirs, and since, also, thou needest a proper squire, I tell thee, Faith, that thou shalt be my lady, and in all things will I be thy faithful squire.
- Let not the traveller omit to pay his devoirs to the liquid ‘manna of Montepulciano,’ the monarch of Tuscan, if not of all other wines, as Bacchus and Redi have pronounced it.

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.

词汇	devoir
释义	Definition of devoir in English: devoir noun dəˈvwɑːdəˈvwɑr archaic A person's duty. 〈古〉义务，责任，职责 you have done your devoir right well 你已经很好地尽责了。 Example sentencesExamples The hedge was laid by a veteran Yorkshireman, and the lord of the manor's bailiff was present to see the devoir properly carried out. For yet another year, indigenous performance arts showed incredibly minimal growth, with creativity seemingly dedicating itself to the devoir of producing perplexity rather than refinement. Synonyms duty, commitment, responsibility, moral imperative Phrases pay one's devoirs archaic Pay one's respects formally. 致敬，尊敬 I paid my devoirs to both Example sentencesExamples Hereby allow me to pay our devoirs to you in behalf of all the staff of our company. Very warily has ‘my lord’ to pay his devoirs, for any unnecessary bashfulness on his part but precipitates his fate, which is, alas, to be eaten up. I wish you a good morning, and will pay my devoirs in a day or two to inquire after your health, and hear what has taken place. But since it is well for a squire to have some one to whom to pay his devoirs, and since, also, thou needest a proper squire, I tell thee, Faith, that thou shalt be my lady, and in all things will I be thy faithful squire. Let not the traveller omit to pay his devoirs to the liquid ‘manna of Montepulciano,’ the monarch of Tuscan, if not of all other wines, as Bacchus and Redi have pronounced it. 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. Rhymes aargh, Accra, afar, ah, aha, aide-mémoire, ajar, Alcazar, are, Armagh, armoire, Artois, au revoir, baa, bah, bar, barre, bazaar, beaux-arts, Bekaa, bête noire, Bihar, bizarre, blah, Bogotá, Bonnard, bra, cafard, café noir, Calabar, car, Carr, Castlebar, catarrh, Changsha, char, charr, cigar, comme ci comme ça, commissar, coup d'état, de haut en bas, Dhofar, Directoire, Du Bois, Dumas, Dunbar, éclat, embarras de choix, escritoire, fah, famille noire, far, feu de joie, film noir, foie gras, Fra, galah, gar, guar, guitar, ha, hah, ha-ha, Halacha, hurrah, hussar, huzza, insofar, Invar, jar, je ne sais quoi, ka, kala-azar, Kandahar, khimar, Khorramshahr, knar, Krasnodar, Kwa, la-di-da, lah, Lehár, Loire, ma, mama, mamma, mar, Mardi Gras, ménage à trois, mirepoix, moire, nam pla, Navarre, noir, objet d'art, pa, pah, Panama, papa, par, Pará, Paraná, pas, pâté de foie gras, peau-de-soie, pietà, Pinot Noir, pooh-bah, poult-de-soie, pya, rah, registrar, Saar, Salazar, Sana'a, sang-froid, scar, schwa, Seychellois, shah, Shangri-La, shikar, ska, sol-fa, spa, spar, star, Starr, Stranraer, ta, tahr, tar, tartare, tata, tra-la, tsar, Twa, Villa, voilà, waratah, yah noun.1 phr. Definition of devoir in US English: devoir noundəˈvwɑrdəˈvwär archaic A person's duty. 〈古〉义务，责任，职责 you have done your devoir right well 你已经很好地尽责了。 Example sentencesExamples The hedge was laid by a veteran Yorkshireman, and the lord of the manor's bailiff was present to see the devoir properly carried out. For yet another year, indigenous performance arts showed incredibly minimal growth, with creativity seemingly dedicating itself to the devoir of producing perplexity rather than refinement. Synonyms duty, commitment, responsibility, moral imperative Phrases pay one's devoirs archaic Pay one's respects formally. 致敬，尊敬 I paid my devoirs to both Example sentencesExamples Hereby allow me to pay our devoirs to you in behalf of all the staff of our company. I wish you a good morning, and will pay my devoirs in a day or two to inquire after your health, and hear what has taken place. Very warily has ‘my lord’ to pay his devoirs, for any unnecessary bashfulness on his part but precipitates his fate, which is, alas, to be eaten up. But since it is well for a squire to have some one to whom to pay his devoirs, and since, also, thou needest a proper squire, I tell thee, Faith, that thou shalt be my lady, and in all things will I be thy faithful squire. Let not the traveller omit to pay his devoirs to the liquid ‘manna of Montepulciano,’ the monarch of Tuscan, if not of all other wines, as Bacchus and Redi have pronounced it. 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. noun.1 phr.
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