abondance
English
Noun
abondance (plural abondances)
- (card games) Alternative form of abundance[1]
References
- ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 6
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abundantia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.bɔ̃.dɑ̃s/
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Noun
abondance f (plural abondances)
- A large amount; a plethora or profusion.
- Abondance de biens ne nuit pas. — Store is no sore.
- Wealth of goods, abundance; opulence, prosperity.
- (sciences) abundance
Usage notes
- When meaning "a large amount", abondance serves as a quantifier and requires a complement with de
Derived terms
- abondanciste
- corne d'abondance
- en abondance
Further reading
- “abondance” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Latin abundantia.
Noun
abondance f (plural abondances)
- abundance (plentiful amount)
Old French
Alternative forms
- abondanche
- abundance
- habondanche
- habundanche
- habundance
Etymology
From Latin abundantia.
Noun
abondance f (oblique plural abondances, nominative singular abondance, nominative plural abondances)
- abundance (plentiful amount)
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