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bonheur

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Editorial note

Note the first in the saga is Au Bonheur des Ogres[1], or The Scapegoat in the English edition.

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(french) happiness and good humor

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noun

(french) happiness and good humor

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bonheur.

noun

(french) happiness and good humor

Example sentences

1

Note the first in the saga is Au Bonheur des Ogres[1], or The Scapegoat in the English edition.

2

As they say in French 'On ne fait pas le bonheur des gens contre leur gré', which translates to: you can't shove happiness in people against their will...

3

That's the beginning of the excellent book "au bonheur des ogres", where you learn that the hero's karma is to be a scapegoat.

4

Hannah Arendt: > Modern enchantment with "small things," though preached by early twentieth-century poetry in almost all European tongues, has found its classical presentation in the petit bonheur of the French people.

Quote examples

1

That's the beginning of the excellent book "au bonheur des ogres", where you learn that the hero's karma is to be a scapegoat.

2

Hannah Arendt: > Modern enchantment with "small things," though preached by early twentieth-century poetry in almost all European tongues, has found its classical presentation in the petit bonheur of the French people.

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How do you use bonheur in a sentence?

Note the first in the saga is Au Bonheur des Ogres[1], or The Scapegoat in the English edition.

What does bonheur mean?

(french) happiness and good humor

What part of speech is bonheur?

bonheur is commonly used as noun.