Trianon
noun
either of two palaces in Versailles, the Grand Trianon or the Petit Trianon, built in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Trianons
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pluralof Trianon.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Rare books and manuscripts were spirited away from shelves of the National Library; the Chateau de Versailles and the Trianons, stripped of their furnishings, lay empty and bare.
From Time Magazine Archive
Versailles without its court of marble, its fountains, its gardens and its park, and the attendant Grand and Petit Trianons, would hardly have the attraction that it has to-day.
From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by Blanche McManus
The afternoon was devoted to the gardens and the Trianons.
From Patty in Paris by Carolyn Wells
The Grand and Petit Trianons deserve attention from having been the favourite retreats of the late unfortunate Queen of France; but few traces of the taste once displayed in their decoration now remain.
From A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium by Richard Boyle Bernard
We went through this building, which is a little in the style of the Trianons, at Versailles; smaller than Le Grand Trianon, and larger than Le Petit Trianon.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by James Fenimore Cooper
