veilleuse
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French.
Noun
[edit]veilleuse (plural veilleuses)
- A shaded night-lamp
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]veilleuse f (plural veilleuses)
- female equivalent of veilleur
- night light
- sidelight (on a car)
- pilot light
Derived terms
[edit]- la mettre en veilleuse - put on the back burner
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “veilleuse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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