abondance
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
abondance (plural abondances)
- (card games) Alternative form of abundance[1]
References[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin abundantia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abondance f (plural abondances)
- A large amount; a plethora or profusion.
- Abondance de biens ne nuit pas. — Store is no sore.
- Wealth of goods, abundance; opulence, prosperity.
- (sciences) abundance
Usage notes[edit]
- When meaning "a large amount", abondance serves as a quantifier and requires a complement with de
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “abondance” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin abundantia.
Noun[edit]
abondance f (plural abondances)
- abundance (plentiful amount)
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin abundantia.
Noun[edit]
abondance f (oblique plural abondances, nominative singular abondance, nominative plural abondances)
- abundance (plentiful amount)
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
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- French terms borrowed from Latin
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- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Sciences
- Middle French terms derived from Latin
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French nouns
- Middle French countable nouns
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French feminine nouns
