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Balzac
Bal·zac
/
ˈbɔl
zæk, ˈbæl-;
French
balˈzak
/
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[
bawl
-zak,
bal
-;
French
b
a
l-
z
a
k
]
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noun
Ho·no·ré de
/
ˌɒn
əˈreɪ də
;
French
ɔ
nɔˈreɪ də
/
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[
on-
uh
-
rey
d
uh
;
French
aw-naw-
r
ey
d
uh
]
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,
1799–1850,
French novelist.
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Balzac
(ˈbælzæk,
French
balzak)
—
n
Honoré de
(ɔnɔre də). 1799--1850, French novelist: author of a collection of novels under the general title
La Comédie humaine
, including
Eugénie Grandet
(1833),
Le Père Goriot
(1834), and
La Cousine Bette
(1846)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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