necessaire

See also: Necessaire and nécessaire

English

Alternative forms

nécessaire

Etymology

From French nécessaire.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nɛsɪˈsɛə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /nɛsɪˈsɛɹ/

Noun

necessaire (plural necessaires)

A small case for holding personal items.
- 1945, Nancy Mitford, The Pursuit of Love, Penguin 2010, p. 111:
  While this was being made they missed one boat, and, by the time it was ready, the sleuths were on their track – this unlucky medicine chest having played the same part that Marie Antoinette's nécessaire did in the escape to Varennes.

Middle French

Adjective

necessaire m or f (plural necessaires)

necessary; required; needed

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