Tuileries

American  

[twee-luh-reez, tweel^uh-ree] / ˈtwi lə riz, twiləˈri /

noun

1. a former royal palace in Paris: begun by Catherine de Médicis in 1564; burned by supporters of the Commune in 1871. The gardens that formed part of the palace grounds remain as a public park Tuileries Gardens.

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Tuileries British  

/ tɥilri, ˈtwiːlərɪ /

noun

1. a former royal residence in Paris: begun in 1564 by Catherine de' Medici and burned in 1871 by the Commune; site of the Tuileries Gardens (a park near the Louvre)

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Example Sentences

In December 2018, protesters tore down a fence in the Tuileries gardens next to the Louvre.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

Strolling in bright sunshine across the immaculately raked gravel of Paris's Tuileries gardens, Barbara and Rick Wilson from Dallas, Oregon, were not exactly in disguise.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025

There was a sense of wonder watching a musical on the West End or accidentally stumbling onto the Tuileries Garden and hearing a street performer play “La Vie en Rose” on the accordion.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2025

The hotel where they put Bill May is nice, expensive, across from the Jardin des Tuileries.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2024

In 1841, only two years later, an assistant to Daguerre, Andre Le Fevre, was arrested in the Tuileries Gardens for attempting to sell a gentleman a picture of the woman and the pony.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut