de rigueur
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de ri·gueur
(də rē-gœr′)adj.
Required by the current fashion or custom; socially obligatory.
[French : de, of + rigueur, rigor, strictness.]
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de rigueur
(də riɡœr; English də rɪˈɡɜː)adj
required by etiquette or fashion
[literally: of strictness]
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de ri•gueur
(də rɪˈgɜr, -ri)adj.
strictly required, as by etiquette, usage, or fashion.
[1825–35; < French]
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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.
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de rigueur
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de rigueur
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de rigueur
adj pred → unerlässlich
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