Usually means: Gentle, sweet, and often soothing.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word douce:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. douce: Merriam-Webster
  2. douce: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. douce: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Douce, douce: Wordnik
  5. douce: Wiktionary
  6. douce: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. douce: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Douce, douce: Dictionary.com
  9. Douce: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Douce: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. douce: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Douce: Rhymezone
  13. Douce: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. douce: FreeDictionary.org
  15. douce: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Douce: Encyclopedia of Organ Stops

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. douce: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (douce)

▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Sweet; nice; pleasant.
▸ adjective:  (dialect) Serious and quiet; steady, not flighty or casual; sober.

Similar:
doux, dulcet, sooth, sweetful, sweete, luscious, savorly, suaviloquent, wholesome, pleasaunt, more...

Types:
sweet, candy, sugar, syrup, honey, molasses, maple syrup, more...

Phrases:
francis douce, douce doux, doux, douce, doux douce, Irma la Douce, more...

Adjectives:
eau, late, taille, est, patino, indefatigable, sapient, french, little, tattle, musical



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Similar:
doux, dulcet, sooth, sweetful, sweete, luscious, savorly, suaviloquent, wholesome, pleasaunt, more...

Types:
sweet, candy, sugar, syrup, honey, molasses, maple syrup, more...

Phrases:
francis douce, douce doux, doux, douce, doux douce, Irma la Douce, Douce I, Countess of Provence, more...

Adjectives:
eau, late, taille, est, patino, indefatigable, sapient, french, little, tattle, musical



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