procédé

See also: procede, procedé, and procède

French

Etymology

Substantivized past participle of procéder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.se.de/

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Noun

procédé m (plural procédés)

1. procedure (method)

   un échange de bons procédés ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. device

   un procédé littéraire ― a literary device

3. process (series of events to produce a result)

See also

• processus

Further reading

• “procédé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012