besoin
French
Etymology
From Middle French, Old French besoing; can be seen as a masculine variant of besogne, from Old French besonge, from Old Frankish *bisunnija, from *sunnijōn (“to look after”) (whence soigner), possibly through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *bisonium. Compare Italian bisogno.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bə.zwɛ̃/
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Derived terms
Derived terms
- si besoin est
- s'il est besoin
Further reading
- “besoin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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