German

Alternative forms

• Nessessär

Noun

Necessaire n ‎(genitive Necessaires, plural Necessaires)

1. wash bag
2. manicure set

Synonyms

• Kulturbeutel

English

Alternative forms

• nécessaire

Noun

necessaire ‎(plural necessaires)

1. A small case for holding personal items.
   • 1945, Nancy Mitford, The Pursuit of Love, Penguin 2010, p. 111:

     While this was being made they missed one boat, and, by the time it was ready, the sleuths were on their track – this unlucky medicine chest having played the same part that Marie Antoinette's nécessaire did in the escape to Varennes.

Middle French

Adjective

necessaire m, f ‎(plural necessaires)

1. necessary; required; needed