grâce

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See also: grace, Grace, Grâce, and Graces

French

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Etymology

From Old French grace, from an early borrowing from Latin grātia[1][2], from gratus (as a favour). The circumflex is not etymologically accurate, as the Old French form is grace, not *grasce.

Pronunciation

Noun

grâce f (plural grâces)

  1. grace, charm
  2. favour
  3. mercy

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Etymology and history of grâce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. ^ “Notes on the Development of -kj-, -tj- in Spanish and Portuguese”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2012 February 6 (last accessed), archived from the original on 7 February 2012

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