bonheur du jour

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bonheur-du-jour (literally “daytime delight”), conjectured to be from its sudden rise in popularity. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): (singular and plural) /bɒˌnɜː d(j)uː ˈʒʊə/ (US) IPA(key): (singular and plural) /bəˌnɝ d(j)u ˈʒʊɹ/, /bəˌnɝ də ˈʒʊɹ/ Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) Hyphenation: bon‧heur du jour === Noun === bonheur du jour (plural bonheurs du jour) (historical, furniture) An 18th- and 19th-century lady's portable writing desk with a raised back. ==== Translations ====