Adjective: doux
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | doux |
| Singular f. | douce |
| Plural m. | doux |
| Plural f. | douces |
Sample Sentences
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1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I (So taken away was he by such sweet thoughts and by the ineffable attraction that he found in them, he hurried to put his desire into practice.)
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une pente douce (a gentle slope)
Adjectives inflected like doux
doux,
Etymology
Inherited from Old French dous, from Latin dulcem (“sweet”). See: Latin Adjectives '
dulcis'.
Verbs referencing "doux"
English Adjectives
doux.
Translations