besoin
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French, Old French besoing; can be seen as a masculine variant of besogne, from Old French besonge, from Old Frankish *bisunnija, from *sunnijōn (“to look after”) (whence soigner), possibly through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *bisonium. Compare Italian bisogno.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
besoin m (plural besoins)
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- si besoin est
- s'il est besoin
Further reading[edit]
- “besoin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams[edit]
Louisiana Creole French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French besoin (“need”), compare Haitian Creole bezwen.
Verb[edit]
besoin
- to need
References[edit]
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
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- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
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- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
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- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Louisiana Creole French terms inherited from French
- Louisiana Creole French terms derived from French
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- Louisiana Creole French verbs