commère

Definitions of commère
  1. noun
    a spiteful woman gossip
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    type of:
    cancanier, médisant
    a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
    femme
    an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
  2. noun
    a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
    synonyms: cancanier, médisant
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    types:
    calomniateur, cancannier, colporteur
    a person who spreads malicious gossip
    type of:
    communicateur
    a person who communicates with others
  3. noun
    an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
    synonyms: bavard, jacasseur
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    type of:
    orateur, oratrice
    someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
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