Usually means: Sweetness, often with gentle charm.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. douceur: Merriam-Webster
  2. douceur: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. douceur: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. douceur: Collins English Dictionary
  5. douceur: Wordnik
  6. douceur: Wiktionary
  7. douceur: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. douceur: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Douceur, douceur: Dictionary.com
  10. Douceur: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. douceur: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Douceur, douceur (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. douceur: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. douceur: FreeDictionary.org
  15. douceur: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. douceur: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Paris Cookbook (No longer online)
  2. Epicurus.com French Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Epicurus.com Food Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. douceur: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. douceur: A Word A Day
  2. douceur: Wordcraft Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (douceur)

noun:  Sweetness of manner: agreeableness, gentleness.
noun:  (obsolete) Sweet speech: a compliment.
noun:  A sweetener: a gift offered to sweeten another's attitude, a tip or bribe.
noun:  (UK) A tax break provided as an inducement to sell valuable items (especially art) to public collections rather than on the open market.

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