boudoir

/'bu:dwɑ:/

Thân thiện

A woman arranges flowers in her elegant boudoir.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A lady's private bedroom or sitting room: A "boudoir" is a private room for a woman, traditionally used for sleeping, dressing, or receiving intimate friends. It is associated with elegance, privacy, and femininity.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • She retired to her boudoir to write letters.
  • The Victorian mansion featured an ornate boudoir with a vanity and a chaise lounge.

Advanced Usage

• Historical/Literary Context: The term often evokes a specific historical or literary setting, such as in 18th or 19th-century European upper-class homes.
  • In the novel, the countess received her confidante in her lavishly decorated boudoir.

Variants and Related Words

• Dressing room: A room used for dressing, which may overlap in function with a boudoir but lacks the specific connotation of a private sitting area.
• Bedchamber / Bedroom: A more general term for a room used for sleeping.
• Private sitting room / Parlor: A room for receiving guests, but not specifically gendered or as intimate as a boudoir.

Synonyms

• Private chamber: A formal term for a private room.
• Retiring room: An older term for a private room to withdraw to.

Related Phrases

(This word is not commonly used in phrasal verbs or idioms.)

Học thuật

Noun

1. a lady's bedroom or private sitting room