abondance
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Contents
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
abondance (plural abondances)
- (card games) Alternative form of abundance.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 6
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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]
External links[edit]
- "abondance" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
