pensionnaire

== English == === Alternative forms === pensionaire (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle French pensionnaire, pensionaire. === Noun === pensionnaire (plural pensionnaires) (obsolete) Someone receiving a pension. [17th–19th c.] Someone who boards at a lodging-house, school, or other institution; a boarder, especially in France or other European countries. [from 18th c.] A junior member of the Comédie Française. [from 19th c.] == French == === Etymology === From pension +‎ -aire. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛʁ/ === Noun === pensionnaire m or f by sense (plural pensionnaires) boarder; lodger pensioner boarder (someone in a boarding school) ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with pensionné. === Further reading === “pensionnaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012