devoir

1. 1.

   formal expression of respect

   Broaderpoliteness

Other forms of devoir

plural

devoirs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about devoir

What does devoir mean?

devoir means "formal expression of respect".

How many syllables are in devoir?

devoir has 2 syllables: de-voir. The stress falls on "de".

Is devoir a common word?

devoir is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.