prud'homme

• prudhomme

Borrowed from French prud'homme. Compare prude.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpruːdɒm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹuˈdʌm/
• Rhymes: -uːdɒm, -ʌm

prud'homme (plural prud'hommes)

1. (archaic) An honorable, upstanding man.
2. A male member of an employment tribunal or labor court in certain French-speaking countries, formed of employers and employees.

• prudhomme (1990 spelling reform)

From Middle French preudomme, from Old French prodome, preudomme. By surface analysis, preux +‎ d' +‎ homme.

• IPA^(key): /pʁy.dɔm/

prud'homme m (plural prud'hommes, feminine prud'femme)

1. a master craftsman or expert
2. prud'homme (male member of employment tribunal)

• prud'homal
• Prud'homme / Prudhomme

• English: prud'homme

• “prudhomme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.