Devoir Definition

dəv-wär, dĕvwär
noun
Duty.
Webster's New World
Acts or expressions of due respect or courtesy, as in greeting.
Webster's New World

(archaic) Duty, business; something which one must do.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Devoir

Noun

Singular:
devoir
Plural:
devoirs

Origin of Devoir

  • Middle English duty from Old French from devoir to owe from Latin dēbēre ghabh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French deveir (French devoir), from Latin debere (“to owe”)

    From Wiktionary

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