Vendôme

American  

[vahn-dohm] / vɑ̃ˈdoʊm /

noun

1. Louis Joseph de 1654–1712, French general and marshal.

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Vendôme British  

/ vɑ̃dom /

noun

1. Louis Joseph de (lwi ʒozɛf də). 1654–1712, French marshal, noted for his command during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14)

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Example Sentences

Earlier this year, Neiman Marcus Beverly Hills opened an exclusive Schiaparelli boutique modeled after the house’s Place Vendôme atelier.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023

Both Rue de la Paix and Place Vendôme are renowned for their luxury jewellers' shops.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2023

In Paris, they marred the city’s famous public spaces, cluttering the Esplanade des Invalides, the Place Vendôme, the banks of the Seine, and the parvis in front of Notre Dame.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2023

And 17 years after that, in 1854, the young malletier opened his own luggage and packing shop near the Place Vendôme.

From New York Times • May 13, 2022

Whoever cared to rush into some venture did so; whoever wanted cannon or reinforcements went to ask for them at the Place Vendôme, at the Central Committee, at the Hôtel-de-Ville, of the generalissime Cluseret.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.