penchant

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English

Etymology

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(deprecated template usage) Borrowed from French penchant, present participle of pencher (“to tilt, to lean”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French pengier (“to tilt, be out of line”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "VL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. *pendicāre, a derivative of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pendere (“to hang, to lean”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

penchant (countable and uncountable, plural penchants)

  1. Taste, liking, or inclination (for).
    He has a penchant for fine wine.
  2. (card games, uncountable) A card game resembling bezique.
  3. (card games) In the game of penchant, any queen and jack of different suits held at the same time.

Synonyms

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Translations

French

Noun

penchant m (plural penchants)

  1. penchant

Verb

penchant

  1. present participle of pencher

Further reading

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