esperance

See also: espérance and esperancé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French esperance (compare modern French espérance).

Noun

esperance (plural esperances)

1. (obsolete) Expectation, hope.
   • circa 1602 -- William Shakespeare, -- Troilus and Cressida, Act V, Scene II

     Sith yet there is a credence in my heart,

     An esperance so obstinately strong,

     That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears

Anagrams

• præsence

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French esperance.

Noun

esperance f (plural esperances)

1. hope

Synonyms

• espoir

Descendants

• → English: esperance
• French: espérance

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Old French

Alternative forms

• esperaunce
• sperance

Etymology

esperer +‎ -ance, possibly corresponding to Vulgar Latin spērāntia, from Latin spērāns.

Noun

esperance oblique singular, f (oblique plural esperances, nominative singular esperance, nominative plural esperances)

1. hope

Synonyms

• espoir

Descendants

• Middle French: esperance
  • French: espérance

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Spanish

Verb

esperance

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of esperanzar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of esperanzar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of esperanzar.