FONTANGE

Meaning of FONTANGE in English

noun a kind of tall headdress formerly worn.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

FONTANGE — noun or fon·tanges fōⁿtääⁿzh ( plural fontanges “) Etymology: French fontange, after Marie Angélique de Scorraille de Roussilles, duchess of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FONTANGE — (n.) A kind of tall headdress formerly worn.
Английский словарь Webster
FONTANGE — /fawonn tahonnzh"/ , n. , pl. fontanges /-tahonnzh"/ . Often, fontanges . commode (def. 4). [ 1680-90; Fontanges (1661-81), mistress …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FONTANGES — noun see fontange
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMMODE — piece of furniture resembling the English chest of drawers, in use in France in the late 17th century. Most commodes …
Britannica English vocabulary

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