See douceur on Wiktionary
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"softness, tenderness"
],
"links": [
[
"softness",
"softness"
],
[
"tenderness",
"tenderness"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"sweetness"
],
"links": [
[
"sweetness",
"sweetness"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/du.sœʁ/"
},
{
"audio": "Fr-douceur.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/Fr-douceur.ogg/Fr-douceur.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Fr-douceur.ogg"
}
],
"word": "douceur"
}
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