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bayadère

/ba.ja.dɛʁ/

noun, feminine/ba.ja.dɛʁ/plural: bayadères

bayadère, dancing-girl

Borrowed from Portuguese balhadeira, archaic and dialectal form of modern bailadeira.

adjective/ba.ja.dɛʁ/

having colourful stripes

Borrowed from Portuguese balhadeira, archaic and dialectal form of modern bailadeira.

bayadère — French Dictionary | Passage