abondance
Contents
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
abondance (plural abondances)
- (card games) Alternative form of abundance[1]
References[edit]
- ^ “abondance” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, →ISBN, page 6.
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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