enlèvement

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Contents 1 French 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Usage notes 1.2 References

[edit] French

[edit] Noun

enlèvement m. (plural enlèvements)

1. Takeoff, liftoff.
2. Removal, whether by moving, by destroying, or by erasing.
3. (law) Abduction, kidnapping.

[edit] Usage notes

• Enlèvement corresponds primarily to enlever, but also partially to élever (though a rare noun élèvement exists as well, as does the more common élévation).

[edit] References

• "enlèvement" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).