Viollet-le-Duc

[ vyaw-le-luh-dyk ]

/ vyɔˈlɛ ləˈdük /

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noun

Eu·gène Em·ma·nu·el

[œ-zhen e-ma-ny-el], /œˈʒɛn ɛ ma nüˈɛl/, 1814–79, French architect and writer.

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Je m'attendois cela, qu'on le nous apporteroit; mais on n'en faisoit rien.
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British Dictionary definitions for Viollet-le-Duc

Viollet-le-Duc

/ (French vjɔlɛlədyk) /

noun

Eugène Emmanuel (øʒɛn ɛmanɥɛl). 1814–79, French architect and leader of the Gothic Revival in France, noted for his dictionary of French architecture (1854–68) and for his restoration of medieval buildings

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