Régence

[ ree-juhns; French rey-zhahns ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, (often lowercase)

noting or pertaining to the style of French furnishings and decoration of c1700–20, in which a transition occurs from the Baroque style of Louis XIV to the Rococo of Louis XV.

< French, Middle French < Medieval Latin rēgentia regency

At that time, Johnnes also worked at the restaurant La Regence.

An unconscionably long time when you have a delicious sole à la Regence getting cold on your hands.

I wired him and went over to Nice to meet him and we lunched together at the Café de la Regence.

She took the wing of a fowl and began to eat it daintily with one of those little rolls which they call "Regence" in Normandy.

She took a chicken wing, and began to eat it daintily, together with one of those rolls called in Normandy "Regence."

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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