pourboire

French

Etymology

pour +‎ boire ("for drinking," cf. Ger. Trinkgeld)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /puʁ.bwaʁ/
Audio (Paris) (file)

Noun

pourboire m (plural pourboires)

tip (extra money given to e.g. a waiter for appreciation)

Synonyms

(Belgium) dringuelle

Further reading

“pourboire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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