de Beauvoir

American  

[duh bohv-wahr, duh boh-vwar] / də boʊvˈwɑr, də boʊˈvwar /

noun

1. Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand, 1908–86, French playwright, novelist, and essayist.

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de Beauvoir British  

/ də bovwar /

noun

1. Simone (simɔn). 1908–86, French existentialist novelist and feminist, whose works include Le sang des autres (1944), Le deuxième sexe (1949), and Les mandarins (1954)

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Example Sentences

The French have given us Delacroix, Debussy, Claire Denis and Simone de Beauvoir, along with some of the goofiest of goofball comedies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Geneva Faye appreciates the literary curation and is delighted by today’s choice of Simone de Beauvoir.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

It inspire Simone de Beauvoir in 1960 to say, "BB now deserves to be considered an export product as important as Renault automobiles."

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

Instead, she suggested they should read Sylvia Plath, Simone de Beauvoir or Charlotte Bronte.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2024

We laugh, but we keep fussing over him, waiting on him as if we've never been to the States or read Simone de Beauvoir or planned lives of our own.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez