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Bijou

Definition: Bijou

Bijou Adjective 1. Small and elegant; "bijou villas"; "can Americans be persuaded to pay out dollars for bijou cars?". Noun 1. A small and delicately worked piece. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Date "bijou" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references)

Etymology: Bijou \Bi*jou"\, noun; plural Bijoux. [French expression; of uncertain origin.]. (references)

Synonyms within Context: Bijou

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Beauty	Pea butterfly; garden; flower of, pink of; bijou; jewel; (ornament); work of art.
Inexpedience	Tidbit; gem, gem of the first water; bijou, precious stone, jewel, pearl, diamond, ruby, brilliant, treasure; good thing; rara avis, one in a thousand.
Jewelry	Noun: jewel, jewelry, jewellery; bijoutry; bijou, bijouterie; trinket;fine jewelry; costume jewelry, junk jewelry; gem, gemstone, precious stone.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Bijou

English words defined with "bijou": Bijoux. (references)

Etymologies containing "bijou": Bijoutry. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Bijou" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (bijou, brooch, jewel).

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Modern Usage: Bijou

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Bijou (1972) Le Bijou (1946)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Bijou

Domain	Title
References	Bijou Brigitte Modische Accessoires A.S.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)
Books	Apex Treasury Bijou Comix (reference) Bad at the Bijou (reference) Bijou Dream (reference) Bijou Video: The Complete Reference Guide of Gay Adult Films. over 3,500 Gay Films Reviewed! (reference) Saturday Afternoon at the Bijou, (reference) (more book examples)
Music	Live at the Bijou [LIVE] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Bijou

Computer Images: Bijou More pictures... Subject(s): ... jewel, gem, bijou, cubic ...

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Photo Album: Bijou

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Bijou. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: Bijou

"Bijou" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.30% of the time. "Bijou" is used about 23 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	91.3%	21	76,261
Noun (proper)	8.7%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	23	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.