espérance
French
Etymology
espérer + -ance (Middle French and Old French esperance), or possibly corresponding to Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns. Compare Italian speranza, Spanish esperanza, Catalan esperança.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s/
Audio 1 (France, Paris): (file) Audio 2 (France, Paris): (file) - Homophone: espérances
- Hyphenation: es‧pé‧rance
- Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
Noun
espérance f (plural espérances)
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Further reading
- “espérance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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