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noun, masculine

baldaquin

/bal.da.kɛ̃/

noun, masculine/bal.da.kɛ̃/plural: baldaquins

baldaquin, canopy

Related: lit à baldaquin

Inherited from Middle French baldekin, from Italian baldacchino, from Baldacca, a variant of Bagdad (“Baghdad”), where the material originally came from.