de rigueur (redirected from De rigeur)

de ri·gueur  (d r-gr)

adj.

Required by the current fashion or custom; socially obligatory.

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[French : de, of + rigueur, rigor, strictness.]

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de rigueur French [də rigœr (English) də rɪˈgɜː]

adj

required by etiquette or fashion

[literally: of strictness]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

de rigueur - required by etiquette or usage or fashion; "instruction as to when and where a silk hat is de rigueur" obligatory - morally or legally constraining or binding; "attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution"

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de rigueur (French)

adjective necessary, right, required, fitting, correct, done, conventional, decent, proper, decorous, the done thing, comme il faut (French) T-shirts now seem almost de rigueur in even the smartest places.

Translations

de rigueur [dərɪˈgɜːʳ] ADV → de rigor

de rigueur

adj pred → unerlässlich

de rigueur [də rigœr] adj → di rigore