grâce
French
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French grace, from an early borrowing from Latin grātia,[1][2] from grātus (“as a favour”). The lengthening of the vowel, which is indicated with the circumflex, is irregular.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɡʁas/ ~ /ɡʁɑs/
Audio; “grâce à”: (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) - Homophones: grasse, grasses
- Rhymes: -ɑs
Noun
[edit]grâce f (plural grâces)
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Etymology and history of “grâce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
- ^ “Notes on the Development of -kj-, -tj- in Spanish and Portuguese”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 6 February 2012 (last accessed), archived from the original on 7 February 2012
Further reading
[edit]- “grâce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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- Rhymes:French/ɑs
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