béguine

== French == === Etymology === From Old French béguine. See béguin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /be.ɡin/ === Noun === béguine f (plural béguines, masculine béguin) (historical) Beguine (member of a semimonastic Christian lay religious order) (dated, derogatory) bigot Synonym: bigote female equivalent of béguin === Further reading === “béguine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 béguine on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr