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Word: Devoir
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
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
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dəˈvwɑː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person's duty
Short Definition:person's duty
Examples:- you have done your devoir right well
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