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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: devoirs /dəˈvwɑː; French: dəvwar/ pl n - (sometimes singular) compliments or respects; courteous attentions
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French: duty, from devoir to be obliged to, owe, from Latin dēbēre; see debt de•voir (də vwär′, dev′wär; Fr. də vwar′),USA pronunciation n., pl. de•voirs (də vwärz′, dev′wärz; Fr. də vwar′).USA pronunciation - Foreign Termsan act of civility or respect.
- Foreign Terms devoirs, respects or compliments.
- Foreign Termssomething for which a person is responsible;
duty. - Latin dēbēre to owe; compare debt
- Old French devoir (Anglo-French deveir, dever)
- Middle English devoir, deveir, dever 1250–1300
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